I work for a flooring company as a designer and meet contractors and people who flip homes regularly so it has me flirting with the idea of doing it myself.My question is, how did you get your spouse to be on board with real estate investing?

He also founded an HVAC company with 110 employees, and also ran several construction companies.

Lots of posts on different companies so be sure to check out what people have said about vendors you are considering doing business with.

Just contact a company and rent a spot out for $25,000 for 3 weeks.  

Gas company couldn't schedule to turn in gas till 5/6!!!

About 1/3 were in limbo--neither rebuilding nor selling, while owners tried to decide what to do--sell, rebuild, or fight with the insurance company--or just didn't have the money to rebuild and didn't want to sell. 

I currently work for a property management company also located in the Midwest so please reach out if you have any questions!

@Michael Whitman , it would totally depend on the company, but you make a great point.

It's one of the hottest markets in the US right now with so much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here (26B Intel headquarters being built here, 68K+ enrollment in Ohio State University, Amazon, FB, Google, Honda, Nationwide, Anduril, etc.).

S&P500 index is propped up by about 7 companies that make no material value with P/E ratios of about 3% for the market average.