good advice if you don't travel often or want to free up your time to focus on other business ventures. if you want to promote yourself out of the mailroom, then look at local STR management companies. 

The options here for multi-families in my price range are limited, but I believe I can make this work if I find a good enough deal.I'm nervous, but excited about this new venture.

Where my brother and I are partnering in this venture, it makes me nervous that it will end up being a restricted transaction.

One property every 2 years, buy and holdStrategies I'm interested in: BRRRR, House Hacking, Long Distance RE investing (because the Utah market is insane)Hobbies: Surfing, flowboarding, travel, art, recycling, DIY, creative problem solving, snowboarding, being outside - basically I'm a hippie with an entrepreneurial mind___________________________________________________________________________________________________________This is not my first introduction to real estate.

Nope but ez enf - nothing ventured nothing gained.

That's the natural sweet spot for SFR in our area for the small DIY investor, where the biggest gains can be made for modest investments.

Purchase price: $135,000 Cash invested: $27,000 Ventured into single family rental with this purchase.

THE OUTCOME OF MY LIFE IS DEPENDONG ON THIS NEW VENTURE.

Or is it a qualified joint venture?

After moving from Plano we ventured to Alaska for two years where we bought a ZLL home in a decent neighborhood we paid 265,000 in early  2017.