If you buy in a city with limited appreciation, every investment dollar must come from your savings.

Essentially he wanted to live in his own place but didn't have the money and I figured buying a house with him at the time was a good investment.

Deciding to buy a duplex or SFH.  

Originally posted by @Max Gradowitz:I'm in CA and the most common LLC-related question I get is "I live in CA, I want to buy properties in other states, what state should I open an LLC in so I can save money?"

Quote from @Elvis Diaz: Quote from @Calum Bressington: I want them to be available so bad, I would buy one right away. 

People were falling over crazy to buy anything and driving prices up.

That said, I’m assuming that someone must be buying these wholesale properties.  

I'm done buying inflated NNN rents at 6-7% caps. 

I've worked with some Canadians buying  here in Ohio.Indeed, rather than selling your stocks to fund investments (and lose out on any potential price appreciation and dividend payments, as well as incurring capital gains taxes), a nice alternative is to borrow against some percentage of the holdings.You would start with the brokerage where you hold the stocks and see what their loan program looks like for the account you hold. 

I personally think you can successfully market both your property management (PM) and buy/sell real estate services under one brand if you position them correctly.