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I am hoping to start investing in the near future and have some ideas of how I'd do so.

Hi I am a first time buyer with hopes of becoming a buy and hold investor in the future and I am contemplating making an offer on a Duplex that fits all my needs as a family man but from the numbers I ran it won't cash flow (while I live there).

Never know.Go get a "temporary" job and meet your future wife like most people do at the J.O.B.

@Brandon StarrWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

Ive been interested in real estate investing ever since my mom persuaded me to not move out of the house by telling me i could save all my money instead and invest it in rental units like she has done for future income.

Meanwhile, the vanishing middle bodes ill for the future.)

I think perhaps the biggest concern is how you plan to finance your presumable future purchases.

Maybe we can cross paths in the future.

I want to protect my current and future rental properties as well as other assets from suits or other life happenings, what is the most affective way you use or have found.