Take things one step at a time, continue educating yourself, and don’t hesitate to seek advice from experienced investors.

Great takeaways from this.Thanks for sharing and wishing you the best as you continue growing the portfolio!

Again, talk to the locals—cops, hotel personnel, and restaurant employees—to obtain the inside scoop about the neighborhood.Real estate investing necessitates rigorous attention to detail, which is why property tours are essential for acquiring critical information.

When you are having VAs call sellers, their most common statement is "I want to talk to the investor."

This will be a metric to watch as the year continues as one of the indicators for buyer competition.

Unless you have experience with this, consider talking to an attorney.

I’ve never done a 1031 before and every Google search along the lines of “retroactive 1031 exchange” is about reversing the sale of a house you just bought, via a 1031.I’m talking about buying a house weeks before your old rental sells, and somehow having that whole transaction fit under one 1031 exchange.Last thing I would want to do is pay pay the new property’s downpayment in cash, and then turn around and find out it doesn’t qualify for a 1031 since I bought it before selling the first house, and then also having to go buy another house with the 1031 funds, and never recoup my own cash I used on the new rental.Hope that makes sense, I will be happy to clarify if it doesn’t.

Knock on her door and talk to her.  

Passive income is something talked about, but the majority of real estate investing is far from passive and what is called passive has payments for the passivity (management).Your why is strong, to provide generational wealth for your family and likely achieve time freedom long-term, that's awesome.

@Christopher PhiferYou gotta talk to @Ty Ash