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We're right at the start of the process, the chicken and the egg, and a little confused on how to pull this together.Essentially we need quotes to see how viable this actually is, but we don't have final plans to quote from, nor is land purchased.We've looked at Altus, and know what pricing SHOULD be.

This is happening.Thin skin is akin to being emotional in real estate; they are tied together.

I really like the Nokomis area a lot - if you're looking at holding onto this one as a rental for a while, I'm sure you'll see some nice appreciation in the coming years too.Just curious, but did you do the full renovation after closing on it, or did it come pretty much turnkey for you? 

This is in the short term and long term.2.

This statement - "Open to any state as long as I can make money and grow" - means you are too open to other's opinions and not focused enough on where you want to be.

In my small city (70,000 or so) we have a university with about 20,000 students with a nursing school, hospital, and obviously several mid size employers that I’m sure have people travel into this area for business purposes.  

Due to the rise in home prices, I have a fair amount of equity in my house and was considering this method.

Given this is my first investment, I want to try local before I go out of state.

There was no information shared prior to the increase.These seem like really long vacancy periods and poor communication.