I own a home (moved in 5 months ago) but do not have any investment properties yet.

Lets move forward with positivity knowing that with AI, by our side there are possibilities ahead.

I'm trying to sort out my options and make the next best move now, or within a few years.

Once you know what to look for in terms of an investment in your market then you can start speaking with lenders about using that 20k to determine what you can afford and then move into actually narrowing down properties and making offers!

For example, most of my tenants would move in on about the 1st, BUT they could have their move-in money and sign the lease sooner.

The economic machine, as complex as it is, moves in cycles.

Or rent out our primary residence and move into the second home?

You can move into a new house hack every couple years and rent out your previous room and before you know it you have a fully operating portfolio.

AI can play a role in lead generatio and market analysis, but in the end you want an experienced human to be there on your side when stuff hits the fan. it would happen gradually , similar like travel agent, job agent, marketing agent , stock brokerage agent that the numbers are slowly reducing little by litle.we are moving to society where there would be trust more into machine than human, that's where the concept is moving on slowly and that's the very basic concept of AI. new generation want something that's more emotion-less, bias-less and much less costlier when possible.

When I went to clean the place after the previous tenant moved out, I learned real quick how bad it was.The worst part of it all was the stench.