My wife and I have been aggressively paying down our debt as well and we are hoping to finish it off while we are investing in real estate.I would encourage you to go ahead and start attending the Triad REIA lunch meetings.

I'm not saying you shouldn't use your own cash, just encouraging you to look at it from all angles. 

That's encouraging for me.

If you're in the Louisville area and are interested in meeting other like-minded real estate investors, I highly encourage you to stop by!

TAH Express also offers a “step-down” prepayment option, which provides more flexibility in the prepayment of these smaller loans.TAH Express is available for acquisition or refinance loans nationwide, offering loan amounts up to $10 million in all markets.NOTE: Borrowers are encouraged to have experience operating an affordable multifamily property.

I'm trying not to buy something just for the sake of buying, when it's not truly a good deal, because I know that that's something I might do if I'm not being patient enough.Also thank you to Shawn for the words of encouragement!

I highly encourage you to network using the network/members tab. 

As I work towards that, I wanted to start talking with people in this community to learn more about real estate and interact with people who have similar goals.

Hi Cassidy,I wouldn't do it without a manager lined up (but),you could look at current vacancy compared to market vacancy, and turnover to get an idea of how much work might be involved in this without a manager.Then there is the how much tenant interaction will there be for maintenance issues.

I would highly encourage you to take a good look at Indianapolis and Kansas City.