Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

I just went through this last year, but after 20 years. 

Early last year we started looking for our first tax planning partner.

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Winter always sees fewer people moving, but a lot of people were transitioning for the last 4-5 years.

I have been buying and dealing with Real Estate for about the last 30 years.

The biggest employer shut down about a year ago and 3  hurricanes (2 major) hit directly in the last year.

The last 12-18 months have been a little rocky in the DSCR space for 5+ units.

From what I’ve seen in Forbes, the infromation on market trends can also help pinpoint the best neighborhoods.One last piece I’d consider: do some legwork on rent comparables in the area so you’ll know your break even numbers from day one.

This is a little last minute but I see you're in BCS.