My company fought my workers comp claim and I wasn't getting paid at all, so I went full steam ahead into real estate full time in January of 2019.

My other option is to buy a duplex straight out of college and house hack.

Thank you for your service and great job thinking ahead. 

Owner financing is pretty straight forward, but what about when it's paid off in full. 

He got straight there(15-30mins) and facetimed me, showed me around and put an offer for me right there and then. 

I may have gotten a bit ahead of myself but I just landed my first off market deal in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 

@Joseph Miller your fears may be well founded or totally unfounded, the only way to know is to pick one, just one possible investment, bounce it off a more experienced investor and if its great, go ahead, if its a no-go, then no-go, search for the next and repeat...hard to leave the analysis paralysis phase if you have not narrowed it down to earth- to an actual possible investment property.

It was built in 1917 so I think that's where my mind went straight to lol we did see a small crack in the corner of the of the outside of the house and the front door was hung somewhat sideways where there was a gap at the bottom and tight at the top (not sure if this matters)...

They declined and went ahead and signed.

When I was about 21 years old I paid $4k for a online real estate investing class because of a seminar to find out a lot of their strategies weren’t even legal in Ohio I quickly got discouraged and began working then I figured that maybe I could learn some important trades (electrical, hvac, plumbing) I could get a head start to real estate investing so after 10 years I feel like I’m ready but I am nervous because it took so much hard work to save up the money I have to invest and I would hate to make a terrible decision so please if there’s anyone whose experienced in Cleveland investing please give me a better understanding I’ve read so many books but just need actual guidance Thank you Jaron Collier