It is Running a business… staffing and liability is what gave me cold feet.   

Multi(2-4) are extremely uncommon in this market and usually pretty terrible investments.

NJ absolutely can cash flows and we are extremely strong on appreciation side of things as well, with both the property values and rent increases. 

Verifying last 2-years of rental history and income/employment extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Tenant Default: 20-30% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class D rents meet program requirements, often challenges to pass Section 8 inspection.Vacancies: 20%+, depending on market conditions and tenant screening.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciation.Where did we get our FICO credit score information from?

I’m willing to help with cold calling, driving for dollars, marketing, or anything else that provides value while I learn.If anyone is open to sharing guidance or allowing me to shadow, I’d greatly appreciate the opportunity.Aloha Sophia, there are so many great free resources out there—especially meetups!

It's not uncommon for veterans to either have no closing cost or extremely low closing cost, just depends on the deal and the veteran. 

Very simple but sometimes hard to do.otherwise, your other option is be extremely useful to a local real estate investor. 

I am extremely passionate about real estate and eventually want to start my own company in a few years.

I'm extremely risk tolerant.

The market, on the other hand, does believe the labor market is in danger and thus was expecting at least a .25% rate cut ( if not a .5% rate cut) and would have reacted extremely negatively/ volatile if they had not.In other words, if I may be so crass, the Fed didn’t really want to do it but they needed to do something so the market wouldn’t crash, and because they’re getting so much **** from everyone.