I'd recommend attending investor meet ups.

In one case they used a notary at the local US consulate.

I'm particularly excited to find others in my area and start to attend some meetup groups!

Considering attending....

I’m not familiar with those markets, but I would suggest finding some meetups and attending as many as you can.

If you’re looking to invest in your backyard, it helps to network with as many locals in the industry as you can.

Most people that have a hard time finding PCF are looking in local areas, because it's local...or more or less local.

For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. 

I love that you have specific goals for 2025 - I believe if we think it, write it, say it, and share it our goals are 10x more likely to come to fruition.Are you able to do option 2 and just house hack a 2-4 unit building and use a renovation loan which allows you to put down 3.5-5%I highly suggest getting to some local chicago meetup groups (we have an in person one on the 17th)...here is BPs list: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a full list of the chicago meetups that I can share with you too if that'd be helpful.

I changed my major from Accounting to Real Estate back in 2018 when I was attending Glendale Community College.