You can invest in various assets, or do several strategies.

I have contemplated real estate for several years but am now “All In” and 100% committed.

It cost me $100/month from April to Oct or Nov, and several hundred between Spring and Fall cleanup, so for about $1,200/year, the property has the well manicured look as the rest of the neighborhood, and now have no more neighbors mumbling that absentee landlord ruining the neighborhood.

The last few years we've seen several large employment centers move to Bham and it's lately been somewhat of an under the radar hot bed for tech startups (not to mention Shipt) - overall it has, and always has had, a strong entrepreneurial presence. 

My mom has been in the business for over 40 years and has told me several times that in general, the good tenants stay with the ones that take care of the property.

Seems to me that there are tax experts and also several lay people all with the same understanding that is not shared by Account Closed. 

We talked to several banks and found one very large bank that would rap the rehab with the mortgage the problem with this bank is they were very difficult to work with especially for the contractors.

After watching several friends just stumble into deals I decided the risk was well worth the return, I started and haven't looked back since!

I have heard several times on the podcast, that when looking at your first flip, people recommend cosmetic flips. 

They defaulted on the heloc several years ago.