New investor from Sacramento, Requesting Advice

[Paul C.]

Hello my new BP friends,

First of all, I would like to start off by saying what an amazing community bigger pockets is to hang around at. I am a new investor seeking some advice. I do have experience renting out and managing my parents old home; however, I just jumped in it without any prior research or knowledge about rental property investing. So far I am glad that my parents had trust and faith in me in doing so. After seeing the monthly cash flow, I have decided to jump into the world of real estate investing.

So far I have read the book about rental property investing, written by @BrandonTurner and have done research online. Also, a shout out to Brandon for writing such a great book for beginner investors like me and giving us hope and encouragement.

I currently have around 50k to invest into a rental property. However, it looks like I will need more liquid capital for a newer first time rental around my area; a little nervous about buying an older property to jump into. Thus, I have been looking at out of state rental property investing, particularly in Cleveland and Milwaukee. I was hoping for guidance and advice from my new bigger pocket community friends to help guide me in the right direction.

Thank you so much for those who took the time to read my very first post on BP! I really appreciate it!

[Marcus Auerbach]

@Paul C. cash flow is only one reason to invest in real estate. But its a little bit like saying you invest in stocks just for the dividend. If you have not done so already, play around with the BP calculator, plug in 1 million property value and 1% in rent, use 3% or even 2% for all other ratios and then study the results. Look at what happens after 10 years. Equity, appreciation and taxes are where wealth is created. Cash flow keeps the lights on.