OOS investing is a lot harder than advertised.if you pick a local or local-ish market you can spend time in it, walk properties, go to REIA meetings, build a network.

There is no FHA 3.5% down on an apartment building or a shopping enter, there's lots of gov't incentives for "everyone to own a home" and since 1-4 units residential are all considered "single family" homes that means young investors get to ride that gravy chain for up to 4 units, but nothing like that exists for CRE (the gov't backed CRE mortgage options require MORE experience than traditional/vanilla commercial mortgages).Let me know if I can help.

I have suggested twice that if this tenant is so unhappy with my style of management that perhaps moving out would be the best solution only to be told that I’ll have long since sold the building before they leave.

The architect and I have been thinking the exact same thing, with all the people looking to build/ live in this area we could sell just about anything under 500k instantly.

I worked with a fantastic real estate agent named Kelly Trageser, who I recommend if you are in the Brevard County area of Florida, and a loan officer, Spencer Howerton, of Satori Mortgage.

House Hacking via VA loan and 2nd home are on the table, but I am not limiting to that.3-year goal:-Look towards multi-family property or opportunities to build ADUs.

I do not have much of my own capital to use to purchase a property and was recently given the advice to either utilize private money to purchase a property or do a few home flips to build my own capital.Does anybody have any advice and/or experience starting out with either of these two methods?

HI all,Looking for an architecture firm to build a new building next to and expand an existing 6 unit Multifamily.Thanksat

I know that the property taxes are some of the highest in montgomery county and that this is not a desired characteristic of a market that is supposed to be good to invest in. 

Starting your journey with a BRRRR strategy is ambitious and offers a solid path to building your investment portfolio.From my experience, if you're considering both the PDX metro and Salem areas, each has its unique advantages depending on your investment goals.