How much should you hold in reserve?

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in The Villages.

That data would be sales price after remodel (the true numbers some agents really don't have the experience to be comping the property), the days on market you will experience (this is great info because you want to recycle the money quickly), and resources to sell the place fast not slowly which you do not want this because this could put your holding costs extremely high and push the property to little profit or no profit. 

My strategy is long term buy and hold.

Are you comfortable analyzing ARVs, purchase price, 70% rule, rehab costs, holding costs, etc

Sometimes making a smaller profit and providing value is far better than holding out for a bigger payday on a bad deal, I like that.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

As a US citizen I have an SSN, file taxes every year on my foreign employment income, hold US-domiciled assets (stocks, IRA, 401k), and I have a ~15 year credit history with a decently high score.

Usually when I am in these situations Its me holding the money..

This demographic is projected to keep increasing over time, so I would do whatever you can to hold onto this property (ie cash flow well).Furnishing 700 sqft with PB or West Elm (you and my wife would get along great, Bonnie) won't be price-prohibitive and well worth the cost.