The lighting is a little dark in the picture but this will be a lovely/bright kitchen and living room for our next resident.

However, If you live in a small town or a rural area, you may need to choose somewhere else to start.

I buy homes as a primary residence with 5% down and move into them keeping my previous as a rental and the area that I live doesn't have new builds that would work for us, otherwise I would buy a new build. 

You can actually still find deals where I live in the (very) low 5 figures, and in some cases, still in the mid 4 figures.

Buy a property when it feels good is when you are buying your primary home where your kids will grow up and you'll live with your family.

I never actually went live on the site because of the 15% fee they wanted.

Years ago I had posted about Shared living.

@Felicia Vinces it sounds like you missed our Year End Live show and Podcast of "Real Estate Notes Show' where 2 15 year experience note investors break down what makes a note valuable.  

I know becoming a part time agent is one way, but where we live in south Florida seems to be overfilled with agents and I don't think its a great fit for us right now. 

I am currently living out of state so I have hired a property management company to handle this task, however, my home is still sitting vacant with very few prospective tenants.