:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

If you're open to it, I'd love to connect and chat more about your plans and share any tips I have.

This is very important so they understand the risk.

The current plan is to look into some sort of multifamily and house hack at the same time but plans may change when I get to know more.

I am a roofing contractor now and understand there are multiple trades when doing this, however, I wanted to get a better idea of which trade comes after the other.

No, this is illegal in most states. 

When I bought my first personal residence in Lexington, the property taxes at the 6% rate on a $100k home were at $2,900.  

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I would recommend looking at possible internships? 

I thought this was really odd considering that we were simply looking at 1-4 unit properties to purchase in Cleveland and I found it hard to believe that with a whole team of agents, they were unable to help us purchase some property.