Anything too much has larger room for error on your first property since you are new to real estate and learning how to work with contractors and tenants. 

All - received a marketing mailer today for my SA properties.

Yes, I have listened into the podcasts and I'm listening through Brandon Turner's book "Rental Property Investing" now.Travis - great recommendation, and thanks for putting it out there.

For acquiring your first property, I suggest using a bank.

It applies to both W-2 income and other forms of active and passive income, meaning that the STR loophole allows you to leverage depreciation beyond just real estate activity.3.

But you need to have some money sitting around in case of emergencies whether personal or for the investment property. 

The time has now come that my wife and I are finally ready to pull the trigger on our first property - a residential multi-family in the Milwaukee area.At the same time, I've been experiencing severe burnout and unsustainable amounts of overtime at my day job (60+ hours/wk for months).

I’d love to hear more about what kind of improvements were made to the property and how long the project took from purchase to sale.

I have been lending actively in the Indianapolis market since 2018, have done over 350+ deals, and used both my own, and other people's money in a Whole Note Investing scenario.

Investors are being more cautious and looking for properties that can generate strong rental income right away to help cover the higher financing costs.