Hi Bethany ,You're taking a smart approach by considering investing in upstate Ny.

Congrats on taking action to get this first property under your belt. 

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

For example, you might choose to take a blanket mortgage covering all properties, BUT perhaps the market softens and later you wish to sell a property.

This can create a subtle but effective pain point for the landlord—especially if they’re not excited about taking on those responsibilities.

I think the companies are gonna start to crackdown on this pretty soon, all of the vendors require you to certify that you're not using the platform for cold calling.2) It works best for inbound leads, inbound calls and calling old leads to rekindle them.

Each former member is then free to either do a 1031 on their % interest or take the cash and pay the tax.The opposite manuever was more common until around 15 years ago. 

I take 2000 sq ft homes and add bedrooms. 

Luckily, I did have equity in all of my properties.

Early on into budgeting many years ago I tracked all of my spending for a month.