Insurance is your “shield” in option 1 until you scale up.

Those skills will scale directly into multi-family and eventually commercial management.

This is how they decide who gets the property.I was in your "nice little town" last week  It was 94 degrees and about 1,000 on the humidity scale.

Long-term, building relationships with small local banks or private lenders who lend directly to LLCs is what makes scaling smoother.

Hey Keith,We’ve worked with investors in almost the exact same spot—buying tax lien foreclosures, doing it part-time, then wanting to scale into wholesaling and seller financing.

Quote from @Varun Hegde: He went on a podcast less than a month ago, so Lane Kawaoka is definitely still marketing himself as an expert.I actually remember reading about him a couple months ago and feeling jealous, but the only way I could've built similar scale is running 90% LTV on multiple deals... sounds like that's what they did.It doesn't surprise me that many of these syndications are blowing up left and right. 

Down the line you can roll equity forward via 1031 exchanges, tap depreciation/cost-seg benefits, or scale into single-family rentals if you decide that’s the path.Everyone’s goals are different, but if I was in your shoes I’d use that first purchase to both lower my own housing cost and start building a portfolio.

NARPM serves as an excellent resource for all matters related to Property Management, offering valuable benefits to property managers of any scale or individual investors alike.

Financing is easier (residential vs. commercial), and it’s a smoother way to learn managing tenants before scaling into 6–10.Lessons Learned: Biggest mistake I see?

I wanted to pay someone to help me scale and be strategic.