Find a good realtor buy a 3 or 4 unit in a decent area and you should be alright, from there you naturally start building a network and can grow it.Are you in London or Chicago?

We haven't quite got enough for accredited investor status, so syndications are (largely) out, though the short-term goal would to establish net worth at $1M (and maximize cash flow, naturally).

I became interested in investing in real estate is fascination from touring properties and imagining how to transform spaces, and build lives within them, how to increase property values through a few well chosen upgrades, tapping into the dream of having to earn a living doing what I naturally love to help others make smart real estate decisions.

But because price to earnings was so steep (even Pre-COVID), real estate actually came to have a natural edge over the more liquid securities markets.

The city is great, but what I always come back to is the nature and the weather.

Downtown Syracuse has undergone a revitalization and the housing market has really taken off.

It is imply the nature of some properties.  

A large commercial retail base, community college, restaurants, breweries, hotels and approved bonds for a massive revitalization of a particular area of the city all point in my opinion to overall growth. 

The downside is SE tax.If it is merely an investment in nature, and does not rise to the level of a trade or business, it is ordinary, portfolio income. 

The heat is natural gas with cast iron radiators throughout the house.