If you think about it, the cost of fuel is more, but not enough for most middle/upper middle class families to travel via car.In another post I used our car, a 2015 Ford Flex.

There may be less opportunities out there and there may be more risk, but there are always deals, especially in the fixer-upper arena....My .02.....

Paul, White Bear Lake all seem to have around upper $200s to mid $300s as an average home sale price. 

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Spent a year looking for a house that would be a great fixer upper/primary.

There is a handy search bar in the upper right that makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

There is a handy search bar in the upper right that makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

There is a handy search bar in the upper right that makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

If you are OK to house-hack you may want to consider a fixer-upper MFH that you can buy under $100k, fix it up and then force appreciation and also increased rents.

#6 Practice, Practice, PracticeWalk through distressed fixer-upper properties (or find properties virtually online) and practice creating detailed scopes of work, quantifying repairs and estimating rehab costs for the projects.This will help you get acquainted with common rehab repairs, rehab costs & estimating terminology.#7 Get Your First Rehab Project!