Feel free to reach out if you need advice and best of luck!

There are still deals out here, and don't get me wrong it's a lovely area, but I would be very cautious and do plenty of research as it's not such a fast growing market such as Charlotte or Raleigh.I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have about this area, feel free to reach out if ya do!

Ultimately, we need mortgage rates to move down to improve both affordability (lower monthly payments) and availability (‘freeing up’ previously ‘locked in’ sellers).Drilling down to the city levelThe inventory situation is very different from city to city, and that’s driving divergent pricing trends.

Feel free to reach out if you would like some income comparisons.

Not saying you need to get that complex, but just keep in mind where risk-free returns are right now.

I furthered my education by reading "Writing Winning Business Plans" by Garrett Sutton, "Tax-Free Wealth" by Tom Wheelwright, and, naturally, "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner.

@Daniel K Houck I have 2 kids and a wife and they don’t want to house hack either so I can relate to your post.The BP Money series interviews a bunch of people where Financial Independence is achieved through frugality, REI, and investing.The story is the same there-start young, make sacrifices before kids, rent out your bedroom in your apartment and sleep on a sofa and grow your own food and use K-cups twice and count each piece of toilet paper etc…and by your mid 30s you are free!

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As such, I need some free resources to get started again.

I would be willing to do a free market analysis to tell you what the property is worth if that would be helpful just shoot me a DM.2) Are you able to make the minimum payments on the debt now?