My excess cash flow per year is around $300k in cash, meaning theoretically I could do 6 deals, but in order to make that salary (HHI $722k) I need someone with the time to do the repairs and manage the tenants.

If you are apprehensive of the market, and believe it will get worse before it gets better, you might consider going to cash, doing a private loan to a flipper on a project where it would be a screaming deal if you had to foreclose, and taking a look in 9 or 18 months. 

Hello @Shunnel Williams,Sorry to hear of the challenges on your first deal.

Apparently, our property management company agreed to that without communicating with me.I contacted the plumber directly on Monday and they said they could get to the house on Tuesday.

For non-house hack deals, you'll need anywhere from 20%-30% as a down payment.

The key is to take action—analyze deals, connect with local investors, and learn from experienced mentors.Good luck!

Also possibly passively invest if I could find a good deal. 

., but it seems like a good deal. 

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Nothing can guarantee that.Looking back over 30 years and hundreds of deals I can recall only two occasions when a greedy homeowner tried to bail on our deal.