This plus the fact that young professionals like myself don't really move/live/get jobs here and it makes for a tough rental property investing area, at least in my mind.

tough one.. veteran real estate trader who knows they are getting a deal closes no issue.someone buying their first property ..

@Chris Thomas sorry to hear about your mother, that is a tough time.

@Peter Shiflett - doing a BRRRR with $20k will be tough.

The BRRRR strategy makes a ton of sense, and would love to get going with it, but having a tough time seeing the deals in this market.

It's also a bit more difficult to have those tough conversations when he makes mistakes or is taking too long to finish something.Either way, it's been a great learning experience that'll help me make more informed decisions on the next one.

I guess age will do that to a person.I am looking in NJ(tough place, high taxes) and also a recent trip to Charlotte NC kind of sparked my interest there as well. 

Just wanted to make sure my knowledge of that term is right.In San Antonio, its tough to even find a 1 percent rule deal, let alone a 10 percent CoC return and hell will freeze over if I found mid-teens in the wild.

@Jase Machado I'd have a tough time giving up a 2.75% interest rate on the primary loan.

When I walked out of that office, people had smirks on their faces expecting me to be back in Corporate America within 3 months because ya know, "it's tough out there, 90% of startups fail, real estate is risky and the list goes on".