My career has been centered around helping businesses scale through strategic sales initiatives, but I’m now channeling that same drive into real estate investing to build long-term wealth.My wife and I are in our early 40s, both work full-time, and are raising four amazing kids.

Try to see the property yourself if you can (was out of state initially).

This creates a negative initial position.

the value added versus cost to add, especially in single family zoned areas, typically results in a large negative initial position.  

Moving there initially since low down then ideally want to rent some rooms to cover mortgage!

For example, the estimated cash flow RTR shows is usually higher than what I calculate.How about the initial investment?

You could do the BRRR method and the sneaky rental method (live in a house initially, then rent it out after, while light rehabbing.)

For comparison purposes, I hold ownership units in a LLC that owns a retail/service center where there is a mortgage loan that initially represented 50% of value, now about 35%.  

Been pretty happy with my decision so far and even moved here after my initial 4 buys. 

I think with about $5-$6K in funds you should be able to recoup the initial investment in 60-180 days.