Only you know what you can afford or what is your limit when it comes to your expenses.

Its about the right size / type / condition for the property I would like to find to upgrade from the duplex I sold in 2019,   and from my research,  it is likely that the ownership are getting to the point in their tenure where selling might be on their minds.Given the building's likely income/expense numbers  (I own a nearby, similar style/quality property I can extrapolate from) I can make an educated guess to its value and given that value range I can afford it without excess leverage.   

Plus right now interest rates are really low, so why not take out a slightly larger loan (assuming you can afford the payments) and take advantage of the low interest.

Hard to do a BRRRR when you don't live in the same city as an affordable rehab property.

Dylan https://chicago.curbed.com/2020/2/28/21152809/adu-chicago-legalization-coach-house-granny-flat-affordable-housing

Yeah I know it's slower than the summer, but still...I guess I'll wait another week.Yeah I love the geniuses who contact me saying they can only afford half the rent...then stay where you are, I'm not running a charity.

However, most of the plans we have done in that range are for affordable housing developers... market rate 3/2 does seem to be closer to 1,200-1,400.I have heard horrible stories about some of those "online plans" providers... sure you get plans, but there in Washington you need plans, structural calculations, electrical, foundations, etc...

I'm game...A snip-it from a post I did on this thread about investing in Wisconsin: Milwaukee is sitting on some of the most affordable housing in the country, is adjacent to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, has entertainment & food that rivals every major metro, it's sports teams bat way above average for a small market which attracts hundreds of thousands if not millions of people here annually, economic development has been happening at a level unprecedented since the '50s (we are breaking ground on the world's largest mass timber building in June), has a tech ecosystem on the ground floor of attracting major talents with partners from the fortune 500 companies in town... 

By forcing the prices to stay low, more people can afford to live there, which drives up the demand, which drives up the prices...

Does anyone have advice on finding affordable apartments to rent until I have enough saved?