Even with $50-100k, you can start small (like single-families or 2-unit properties) and recycle your money to keep growing.

They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.

Let me know if you're interested in some of the single family properties here in SA, New Braunfels and Austin

I can say you and I are probably in similar shoes.Currently I am working on 2 single family homes with this strategy, with the help of my realtor and mentor,Gloria N Gear.

What we really need is a single internet "bad tenant" list to warn each other.

I have some great examples in my book, including my father-in-law who lost tens of thousands from a single mother that he tried to help.Stay at market rates.

How are unsophisticated mom & pop lenders in 2nd and 3rd position on those properties going to get their investment back?

Once you are on site you can decide if your $20K should be used as a downpayment on a double to house hack (to stop renting), a single to just stop renting, or a single to lease out.

I just moved to Michigan and I am looking to get another property-could be a single family rental or multi family, duplex , or anything for cash flow.

Thus, I think that we could see national rents rising in the high single digits, or possibly surging as much as 10% in 2026 vs 2025, with some markets seeing rents rise even faster than that - Austin, TX regaining much of the lost growth in 2024 and 2025, for example.