It is a town with many hidden gems, property wise and other wise.I currently invest in Grand Rapids, Holland, and Kalamazoo, MI, all of which are fantastic markets in terms of cash flow, vacancy rates, overall stability, low unemployment and population growth.

Growing until something bad happens haha

Start with a small investment and keep it growing and you will learn the most while already investing. 

Goal is to grow the number of doors , for long term cashflow.Currently have one cash flowing unit and a primary residence.

I have no liabilities or debts.I’m looking to buy my first “investment” property in 1 of 2 areas, each of which is growing rapidly,From what I understand if I am to qualify for a low money down FHA loan I have to live in the primary residence for 1 year before being able to rent it out.

In your area, you might consider https://emeraldcoastbyowner.com - a number of hosts that I'm in touch with report good results.I'm further south (Tampa Bay) and also list on https://www.floridarentalbyowners.com/ and https://www.floridarentals.com - have had some inquiries but no bookings yet.I'd also recommend getting your own web site set up so you can accept direct bookings, particularly from repeat guests - we've been doing this for a few years now and our repeat bookings continue to grow year over year, and having a direct-booking option has worked well for us.If you're not interested in setting up your own web site and booking back-end, maybe take a look at https://www.houfy.com/ set up a listing and refer your repeat guests to your Houfy listing.

And I said to myself, are these same 2900 people going to grow.

As a general rule if it's a thriving and growing school there will be demand for housing but it's a very different business model especially for undergrad vs grad students and year round.

Do this for 10 years, have 10 houses with $50000 equity in them, not counting loan paydown or appreciation. house completely paid off grows to $325000 at 5% growth.

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