When you use a Realtor (especially one who invests themselves, don't fall for I'm an investor 'friendly' agent..of course they are, most will take a sale wherever it comes from and by shear numbers, they are bound to sell to an investor eventually.

From putting together a group of investors, completing the purchase, adding value to the property, and eventually liquidating at a profit. 

They got evicted for not paying rent and eventually left, but on their own terms.

You are really just deferring your capital gain and depreciation recapture taxes until you eventually sell and pay or pass away and your survivors can benefit from the one-time step up in tax basis for the property as the ownership changes. 

My wife and I are getting into the BRRRR strategy with the goal of building passive income and eventually being financially free.

Would like to eventually self-manage when I retire unless real estate portfolio gets so large that its unwieldy to do so. 

I'm not sure I handled it how it should have been handled but I eventually took back the apartment and stored her a stuff for a while until I was pretty sure she wasn't coming back.

No, I do not and will not give it away for free on the hopeum of a transaction eventually coming that covers all those costs.

I get the feeling, the real estate investor community has that same personality that I can real learn from, share with, and eventually pass on. thank you for reading my long winded introduction and I look forward to hearing from people from all over.  

(This is temporary.)Goals:Start investing in STR, LTR, BRRRR, small multifamily, or possibly flips.Open to out-of-area markets given how crazy expensive the local market is.Long-term goal is to build $4K+/month (and eventually more) in passive income so I can step back from the W2 grind and spend more time with my kids.I’ve started attending a local REI group and figured it’s time to post here and ask: Given my situation, what strategy would you recommend starting with?