I totally get how this happens, because it is a slow, very gradual evolution - first its a short delay combined with a good excuse and a solid promise, so you go with it.

That means as an area to rent it's pretty good and you'll find a lot of opportunities to rent the second room.So your immediate plan holds a good amount of weight.

Many put a lot of weight on CAP rates, but the main item of importance to me in a property is positive cash flow on the bottom line.

So if you have a cousin you trust in a specific city and he/she is helpful when you need him/her it's worth its weight in gold (I have family in the markets in invest in and I'll be moving to the East Coast when I buy my first 'legit' apartment building).Through managing you will not only learn but you'll realize what you like and don't like.

The appreciation down here is slower and more gradual over time but like I said the cash flow is great. 2.

But, gradually I kept increasing my monthly savings, bought a house-hack, and then a second investment, and put myself in position to acquire a substantial asset in the coming months, as opportunity arises.

Too often, we see someone who doesn't plan well and instead of dipping their toes into the pool to test the waters, they jump in feet first (and quite often, they're weighted down with all sorts of unnecessary "apparel").  

After a while, I start to know what they are looking for, then I gradually moved to a lawyer that's about $200 an hour.  

Essentially you both are taking the good, the bad, the ugly legacy issues you potentially have individually and with your generations of families and blending into a new combined unit going forward.Imagine carrying a sack of weighted down junk that tires you down and every once in awhile you look into it to see what is so heavy but then close the bag back up because you do not want to do deal with it right now so keep carrying it.

I personally give more weight to a member who holds a pro account for this very reason.