Have a steady 9-5 job but looking to branch into real estate investing as well. 

If you’re thinking of branching out, cities like Austin or San Antonio are worth considering, but staying local has its perks too.

You are probably better off going with one that has a branch you can visit and get to know the management.

Are you looking to continue doing the BRRR method or branching out? 

As others have mentioned, starting with a turnkey property could be a great way to learn the ropes of real estate investing before branching out into other strategies.Best of luck!

The real competitor of ATM is bank branch, in terms of withdrawing cash.

Through your local bank that you are using, are you reapplying for each new home for a seperate construction loan or are you setup as a credit line with them and just submit a new budget for each new home I do want to also add that my banker who is the VP of lending and branch manager has been banking me for 30 years..WE have been through all he ups and downs including the GFC were I got almost totally wiped out financially..

For this reason, I do like the idea of having a bank with many branches and the tenant just deposits at their closest branch.

You must keep the tenants security deposit at a bank that physically operates a branch office in the State of NC.  

If you ever want to branch out to the beach area, I am happy to help!