I've heard of people doing this, but you need to be rehabbing it enough to make it higher value so ideally you need to be purchasing something that needs some rehab so that you can increase the equity because otherwise you're not gonna have enough equity to pull out

Mistake #3 was not having knowledgeable people around to be able to ask questions.

.- I've also heard of people choosing a market because the team they could put together in that market was the best team they found

I’ve seen people buy land thinking water was covered only to find out they had to pay 6 figures to get water re-routes or upgrade pump stations.

I'm a full time agent and investor in the area that works a ton with VA buyers and i LOVE helping people house hack, it is definitely my favorite strategy and my passion helping people do it.

People I admire in the space: Grace Gudenkauf (also a BP author) or Jenn & Joe Fave. 

One other thing that people in their 60s can consider is - if you are planning on taking Social Security and making passive income part of what you live on, rental income may not count as income against your Social Security benefits.

There's definitely some opportunity with people wanting to make moves post-storm.

Florida should be busy currently with people staying in the Winter to get away from the cold & snow. 

We are looking to eventually relocate to the States"--that's great, a lot of people want to invest remotely in a totally random market and never go to it.