If you want that first one to still have an investment component, then house hack it either renting out the rooms or finding a home with a basement apartment. 

Talk about it on social media, or anywhere, just try to have real estate conversations with whoever and wherever you can, and people will be willing to help you out.

A lot better than social security.

REX is using social media to gain prospects and not the MLS. 

During this very unique social environment, I have had a lot of opportunity to think about what I want in life and the direction that it's going. 

I am the creative, the social, the idea bouncer. 

You will learn 100x more about design, functionality, aesthetics and structural systems by studying architects and architectural design than by scrolling through social media sites.

In a lot of ways, this quarantine has forced our world (particularly the corporate world) to undergo some sort of twisted and apocalyptic social experiment. 

You will meet and work with electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC professionals, painters, cabinet vendors, countertops vendors, just to mention a few of the components in a successful project.

After removal of the drywall and floor coverings the wood structure and framing would be treated with a surface applied water-based encapsulating sealer to help prevent the release of any odors that have penetrated into the wood components.