Let me know about this group and want to jump in as well.Starting out, living in Burlington and looking for deals in greater Burlington, as well as out of state in Milwaukee and Minneapolis as I lived in the midwest for a while before returning to VT two years ago.

You can get a duplex/triplex/quad with as low as 3.5% down thanks to the trusty FHA Loan, which means that you can start investing in real estate pretty much right out of college if you been able to work and save up a little bit of money while you were studying.I plan to house hack in Minneapolis after college for 3 big reasons:1)  You can avoid paying rent/cut your housing costs from your budget all together.

@Ronnie Howard Northstar Real Estate Conference in Minneapolis is great.

@Nandy B.I realize mines not as impressive as everyone else’s, but I bought a duplex in south Minneapolis, a B+ neighborhood for 179,000.

I bought a duplex for $6000 down in Northeast Minneapolis for $182,000.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President said if economic indicators remain strong he could see not doing cuts at all.

I Provided data for Minneapolis.

Minneapolis and surrounding metro investor here. 

I'm in Minneapolis and agree that 3 br is the sweet spot.

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