I'm still in the education stage of the process and looking forward to working with everyone in the future.

Now, I'm at the stage where I'm looking to refinance in order to pull out some of my initial investment.

Density is your friend, but seek out how to best do it to create a desirable place, minimize you utility/road costs, and retain value throughout the development stages (if phased).  

I have been showing it in the evenings after work , not staged ( I am living there still ) And the weekend is booked . 

I am still in the learn and go stages of REI as well as in the middle of my 63 hour Real Estate Sales Associate License courses.

Hey @Michael Martin, at 55 with a plan to retire at 65, most advisors should recommend debt pay down and more conservative investments as you enter the wealth preservation stage of life.

I am in the education stage, but I would like to get to the buying stage soon.

Prices and the interest rates were part of the reason why we decided to wait. elementary school ratings and career changes were the other things.As you suggested, buying a fixer upper is also an option. concern with that will be the added delays in actually renting out the house after the fixes/updates.

and i guess you can BRRRR your way to a turnkey - just depends what stage you buy it at, right?

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