You're rolling the dice a little bit, banking on that though, so when just starting out, stick with a solid rental that's performing well enough within commuting distance from Clay.Alright, hope that helps!

Hi BiggerPockets, I'm an EE or ECE (Electrical Engineer or Electrical Computer Engineer) with a background in computers and electronics, as well as some software such as C++, Python, MATLAB.I've dabbled with software such AutoCAD for drafting in 2D, not in 3D yet, though.Subscribed to IEEE Magazine, Electrical Contractor Magazine, for both electronics and contracting know how.How to best get my career in real estate started to make passive income?

He is a good friend that I work with at the firehouse who has been interested in selling his property to me ever since I mentioned wanting to start investing in multi family property.

If you are seeking to partner with people, then your best strategy is to start networking. 

My personal insurance nightmare started on Sept. 10th and required $120K in improvements during the past four weeks.

Or do I want to take a general concept and start working on getting the funding under way?

It's starting on 8/17 but if you buy before most likely seller is paying the commission.

The reason why I am asking for advice on this, is because I just now started to save for a down payment on a house and I am looking to move into my first home next year. 

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

(We were planning to move back to our rental and rent our primary due to higher rents so started to rehab the primary then found out insurance would not insure us due to the high fire risks if we changed so ended up rehabbing both houses and burned the savings).Our dilema is we don’t want to sell either of our current houses due to excellent locations and appreciation potential but want to progress with more rentals.