Whatever you do don't give up but adapt and prevail instead.Kudos,Mary

Ideally, I'm open to anyone's thoughts and willing to adapt to other's opinions.

A couple places I'll point out to ya: First, here are my favorite wholesaling articles:9 Reasons You Couldn’t Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale DealDon’t Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and FlipperHow to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the FieldAlso - one of the best ways to stay in touch with what's going on is by setting up Keyword Alerts for stuff you might be interested in or maybe your local city.

As well as stay plugged into the forms here at Bigger Pockets.

So long as your contract contains a provision for it, you're allowed to increase the rent by a set amount if additional people stay longer than (usually) 30 days.

You will have ups and downs, but stay with it.

My other option is to stay home and continue studying for my RE license exam.

Be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts to stay connected around here with the things that matter to you!

Since it's a place I would live, I would try to stay around the West/Northwest suburbs of Chicago because I work in Naperville.

Lower down payment will definitely impact your passive income, but your cash on cash return should stay proportional.I myself am still new to this and learning and would NOT say I am an authority on this, but I wanted to share my experience with RE in Alaska.