Side note, I've stubbed my toe along the way.  

Dip your toes and test a couple providers at once.You have to be strict with yourself with two things when using these providers: 1.

Without stepping on toes, would be open to a phone call if that would help at all.

@Kolin Goff I invest in Saint Louis too (South City) and I just sent you a PM with some info on cashing out prior to 12 months and I think you'll be surprised that pricing will stand up toe to toe with conventional without needing 12 months AND offer higher LTV on a duplex investment than conventional. 

Seems to me like considering a property where you could do an addition / add density OR flip would give you the opportunity to dip your toe in the water of new dev while giving you an emergency exit if you can't do what you had thought. 

I'm dipping my toes in and if all goes well I look forward to signing more properties over next year. 

You’re 3+ hours away, so relying on a management company is smart, but they’ll need to be on top of things to handle noise complaints, damage, or flaky rent payments (some students lean on parents who might not always pay on time).

We discussed our strategy on our bid, and he typed up a P&S agreement and sent me over all the documents to e-sign.

I have about 250k USD to allocate to this venture, but I may want to dip my toes into the market with a single-family residence in an area like Parma Heights and test the waters.

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