The tenant pool is pretty decent in most areas for nice rentals as rates have pushed up smaller buys too high for first-time buyers in some of the towns.

Great time to for multifamilies rents are high rates are dropping and values will continue to climb for 2024!

If the property management contractor's prices are sky-high compared to your own find, it's completely fair to want to use your own guy.

Depending on capacity with work and kids, you could consider a high yield side hustle to create additional income that is devoted to early retirement of debt or funds set aside to purchase additional properties.3.

You should not think about it but you should calculate it. this is how you make money  in residential:( cash flow + appreciation + equity building ) - (mortgage+PITI) if you do not cash flow is ok as long as appreciation rate is high. 

Highly recommend you check into Jurny.

Now I'm getting to the point where it's starting to impact my credit score due to high utilization so I'm going to refi 3 properties and pay off all the cards.

@Karen KushnerIn your two messages, you're basically asking to learn several highly complicated topics and then figure out how they apply to your specific situation.

Their main goal is maintaining wealth not creating it, so they are diversifying through all sorts of different investments. 8% returns are on the high side.  

I have an opportunity to jump into a turn key triplex in a nice part of town in a high appreciation market (St Pete FL!).