I would invest in Sunrise Capital, but I didn't get the impression that they would accept $50K as an initial investment, which I always like to do to try out a new firm (for me) and to diversify geography and risk.

why are you trusting rental rates from an agent?

The SGL reflects your share of rental income, expenses, and depreciation, which is what gets reported on your tax return.

Since you are looking for cash flow mostly, you should consider multi family property.

If you use an application designed for landlords you'll get some critical features that you won't find in a general accounting platform like Quickbooks or Excel. 

@Mark Towey I don't "farm" areas personally, it doesn't really fit the niche I'm personally going after, but what I have heard from some major agents in my market lately is that farming is not near as productive as it used to. 

Your house-hacking strategy in Honolulu sounds like an exciting opportunity.

Hello BP Members,I'm starting on the journey of an investor based out of Dallas, TX.

I get that you’re trying to drum up business for your interior design services, but i’d recommend replying to other people‘s posts with helpful info, not spamming this forum with new posts that don’t introduce anything insightful.Finally, for folks reading this, I would add that there are amazing interior designers in places like Romania and Brazil and Sri Lanka who will do complete redesigns for you at very inexpensive prices.

Traditionally I rented my apts. usually to families or roommates.