@Geoff StuhrI am a real estate agent and investor in Dallas, TX.Happy to connect and share my knowledge and experience.Join local real estate investment clubs.Get in touch with a local agent or investor and shorten your learning curve and save you a lot of headaches as they tend to understand the market better.All the best!

While reviewing properties online is a great start, sometimes I need some boots on the ground to help me with them.

There are so many options out there when it comes to joining a firm and online you can't get a real feel of what to expect.

Save those PM fees and put them back in your pocket. 

We could do what we did before and just save up a down payment -- I'm sure we'll actually have enough before we're ever able to find a good deal again :) But we are wondering if it would still make more sense, if we're able, to use equity in our first one for the down payment.

Just research online and usually there are a few used mobile home dealers in your state you can find on Facebook. 

I have reviewed at least 50 properties online using Redfin, Zillow and off-market properties from wholesalers. 

Most of the smaller, locally owned companies have terrible online reviews.

We've always self-managed our medium-term rentals in Colorado and once you get your systems down, it's not much work at all and the money you save is well worth it in my book. 

With debt higher than ever, and savings to below pre-pandemic levels.