i would imagine you could get away with a little less in your area based on facts rents are higher. 

I am based in Pensacola, FL and looking to purchase a duplex for the purpose of house hacking to get my feet wet in the REI game.

There are a few podcasts also that seem to have some good information.I plan to save up money for 2 years while I put my team together.

Once you figure out the answers to these two questions, you can start to narrow down what markets make sense for you based on the FRED economic data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/

If you move away from that road and come closer to base or near the hospital, those would be great areas to rent in.

Education = Took a class on wholesaling (cost = $400); read a lot of BP forum topics; listened to as many podcasts as I could.

Based on peoples experiences in MTR in Denver area, is it a good idea to turn a house into MTR, especially of such size?

Can we takes losses from syndications (as a LP) and deduct those losses from our W2 income, Based on the fact that my spouse qualifies as a real estate professional?

Tonight is the night, after months of work with the state, county, and city we are presenting a site plan for the city's approval and zone change.Normally, I would not pursue a zone change but when I originally went to the city and proposed storage units based on its current zoning they said they wanted more houses.

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