Treat this property as a business and factor in all the associated expenses, including mortgage payments (if you pull a loan), maintenance, and potential vacancy periods.To simplify management and make this less of a hands-on job, I’d strongly recommend working with a property management company.

 - flipping is a job, stop flipping and stop making money.  

My wife and I have a W2 job. 

Hi Benjamin, I’m in japan and doing real estate investing here for about 8 years in different styles besides my full time job.

I have had several cases where I finally got cops or government officials to only do their job after being very loud to the newspapers, but it does work.  

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

I’d say focus on getting new job and tending to your new family.

It's a job. 

The consistent population and job growth are driving real estate values along with many companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Amazon, Google, Meta, etc.

There are plenty of varying job opportunities in the real estate industry.Ask yourself: What skills do you have?