If you are ever interested in discussing the market in Michigan feel free to reach out. 

I have been wanting to get into Real Estate investing ever since I was a young adult and I had it in my head that I needed to be rich first in order to get started.

There are a few bad apples that sneak in, but the vast majority of members are interested in growing together!

2) Rental population trends - is % of renters growing over time?

Grow your local network!

@Don Konipol dang buddy...that is the most negative view I've ever heard. 

the greatest mistake of my real estate life was not doing a 1031 on the first property I ever sold. 

If you'd asked me five years ago if I'd ever own anything outside the continental U.S., I would have said, "No way."

I would recommend buying in a market that is growing such as Tampa, or many other Florida cities and Southern Cities for that matter.Best of luck!

Oh yeah, between the huge jump in price & rates, you will probably go from making good cash flow to breaking even at best, and tbh it’s certainly an argument for keeping your current property, I’d probably look at how much I was making in cash flow, how much I was likley to be able to grow cash flow & how much appreciation I thought was likely, than do the same for a replacement property, see what each looked like 10 years out.