The role of cf is to recover that cost.

A lot of people are giving you advice without enough context as to what you would like to do other than get a higher than 3% cash on cash return and other than only putting down 20% - 30% as a down payment.Something that is important to know to give proper suggestions is what you want the investment to do for you and how active you want to be in the investment.In general, the more active you are, the higher your return, the less active you are, the lower the return because you pay for others to do that work for you.

You can break it out by general RE activities and material participation.

Hi Kenyatta,I am active in New Orleans and Baton Rouge and have rentals in both.

My Canadian partners and I bought a Class B 144 unit in Houston, Texas for 77k/door and we’re actively looking for another similar deal.

but careful planning and documentation are essential""...making sure that your wife understands what she needs to do to document her hours and activities."

Is anyone still active in the Houston Area?

Low insurance" is concerning to me, as Athens gets a LOT of high wind / weather / tornado activity for unknown reasons - they just got hit again last weekend. 

The CHS market is still fairly hot and active, although it has a slowed a little in recent months.

I spoke to them about 1.5 months ago and since then they have been non-responsive that makes them look like not the real deal and I'm wondering if they are still around and active and good?