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I think it is important for you to know what you are trying to achieve as well as how your skillset and what you enjoy doing might align with certain strategies better than others.

If you can get a duplex where you have to cover $1k/month yourself, you have achieved a 50% savings. 

I set personal goals and work to achieve them. 

This obsession of mine led me to research financial freedom, and how to achieve it.

For example, they suggest that I could acquire the trashed property for $50,000, put, say, $40,000 into it, and achieve an ARV of maybe $120,000.  

If you want to buy properties that could be something handed down from generation to generation of your family, then that's a whole different set of buying criteria.So, before talking where is good to invest, dig in deep and get clear on why you want to invest and what you want or need to achieve through real estate investing. 

I would also love to help get others involved in real estate as I see it as a way for anyone no matter their background to achieve financial freedom and be able to do what they truly love.

What are you trying to achieve?

-What systems and tools helped you to achieve success?