I’m here to learn, contribute where I can, and connect with other investors — especially those active in the DFW area.Looking forward to learning from you all and eventually sharing my own progress here.Caleb Hi CalebI love that you're so young and already thinking of this.

Thanks everyone for posting yall's progress.

I look at the NAR antitrust lawsuit of 2024 and the new commissioning rules and think we are making some progress.

Solve it by narrowing your buy box, getting PM‑verified rents before you offer, using line‑item scopes with progress draws, and keeping two lending options on every deal.

That’s when you can get a true ARV appraisal and refinance.Some hard money lenders may allow a draw during rehab, but that’s usually tied to construction progress, not pulling your down payment back early.

4 unit brick building with all 2br 1 ba units in C+ area of Cincinnati called Bond Hill that is seeing some recent investment and is on the path to progress.

@Jaxon Johnson,Huntsville’s an interesting place for house hacking, and the two of you are in an especially good place given you don’t need to be tied anywhere geographically.As for where to invest in Huntsville, areas along the “path of progress,” so from Huntsville proper to Wheeler Lake, could be worth checking out.If the two of you are open to living in a smaller town close to Huntsville but outside the city proper, areas like New Hope, Arab, Hartselle, Decatur, and Athens could also be worth looking into.

Looking forward to hearing about your progress and happy to chat anytime.

The regional economic development team, ColumbusOne, does an excellent job in promoting growth and progress in our area (you can learn more at their website: https://columbusregion.com/about-us/what-we-do/regional-econ...). 

Concerning your point about the Strawberry Mansion market, my data points to it being a path of progress area, specifically due to rising property values (16.6% median sale price increase year-over-year and numbers of sold homes doubled), decreasing crime rates (homicides down 15%), gentrification (I've seen personally), and investment spillover from Brewery Town.