Again, like everyone else in the industry, we were all in a race to the bottom. 

If you get bucked off a horse, you got to get back up on that horse as quickly as possible before the brain categorizes it as a trauma and the aversion sets in.

Gainesville is a "medical" town, and you might be able to do short-term rentals with that property to people who own animals, such as horses.

Initially when I began educating myself, I wanted to begin with a duplex (easier to begin with for self property managing) but now I want to make the first deal a great one so I can get out of the rat race as fast as I can. 

No need to put the cart before the horse.

I have been working full-time in real estate for 17 years with experience in residential, horse property, land, rental, distressed, and fix&flip's.I agree with everyone that the eastside is great, but that can also be the problem, a lot of people chasing the same properties.

That said, at the risk of beating a dead horse, it seems to be the general consensus that the 20% QBI deduction will apply to most landlords, as we've already discussed on a few other threads.My opinion is to issue 1099s wherever possible in the hopes it further solidifies the "trade or business" stamp.Thoughts??

I’ll officially open it up my inner circle of investors tomorrow since we just got it under contract so the race is on!

My end goal is to be able to get out of the rat race via investing in real estate and move from that 8-5 job to investing full time. 

So I made the decision to apply what I’ve read in “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki to get out of the “Rat Race” and no longer work for money but let my money work for me.