I have a strong drive and am determined to learn and grow to become successful in real estate, to one day take my career to heights I can only dream of.

the Underwriter will ask this question to make sure you're not accumulating investment properties through initial OO interest rates. 3) Lastly, if the property is within the same neighborhood or nearby your current residence, you will asked by the Underwriter to justify that the additional purchase is the same area is not an investment property, this one is easy, just make sure you're either buying a larger property and say your family is growing, or if you're buying a smaller property than what you currently live in just say you're downsizing to a smaller home and they'll be satisfied with either answer.

Which method will grow our investment without jeopardizing our plans, or become a roadblock in the future?

I may need to do out of state in order to grow.

True they have had a monopoly for over 50 years, however, in the past 10 years there has been a small private flood insurance markets and it will continue to grow you can do a google search for "private flood insurance", "Lloyds of London flood insurance" or just reach out to me and I will shop all options for you. 

Congrats keep grinding and keep growing!

Hello,I have been looking for my first multi unit (duplex) in the Willamette Valley wine country area of Oregon ( it will become Sonoma in 20 years ;-) ) and my retired father (healthy and active  66 years old) has been mildly interested in selling his home (no mortgage) for a change of scenery and possibly to move closer to our growing family.

Just don't buy in a market that's not growing or extremely overpriced rent-property value wise.In terms of other vehicles, crypto is dead and I won't enter at all till a bubble begins again as it could easily die for years and never come back.

We plan to buy/fix/flip single-family homes and build an inventory to keep it growing, but that strategy may change once we know more about the market and what we can realistically do.

As a wholesaler, I know that I have some investors who will pay premiums for certain areas if they are buying rentals because they know that the equity in those homes will grow at a faster rate than other areas.