On a good note you're in a fantastic market to do BRRR and similar deals.

Such a fantastic opportunity to gain financial independence, although it is not easy when you do not live in the USA.

Fantastic idealisms man!

This is a fantastic opportunity to qualify for a higher loan amount than you would based on your income alone- it may enable you to buy a bigger duplex, in a nicer location, or whatever.

I've found the content and community to be fantastic.  

My last few investments have been on the alternative side:Vulture fund that rescues DST and TIC'sGot in on a fund as it closed to investors that had 30%  of it assets purchased 2014 and earlier and had substantial built in gain.A ground up micro hospital with impressive personal guarantees and collaterals with a fantastic track record.An industrial fund, I have very little exposure to industrial and it seems to be an asset class that was late to turn aroundFund that purchases mortgages at 30-50% of face and sales them to seminar real estate "students" at their note school.an extended stay hotel that's throwing off 19% cash on cash in year one@Charles Worth  Is your oil deal 270 wells, 3 hours south of Midland, TX?

This place is full of fantastic resources!

@Benjamin McClellan Thats great, Grand Rapids is a fantastic city to be investing in right now!

They found it intriguing that, if they found themselves in employment situations without benefits, this little rental house would supplement those lost wages during times like maternity leave, for instance.By the time we finished, the kids realized that starting their adult life with a free-and-clear rental property and $25,000 to invest with was way better than what most people end with.These kids had been placed in a fantastic financial position.

Once in a while I get gun-shy on a new purchase because it's such a fantastic deal that I start wondering what everyone else knows that I don't know. 95% of the time I find out there's nothing there except other gun-shy investors, and 4% of the time it was some easily manageable issue, and 1% of the time I should have paid attention to what everyone else was doing and bowed out.