You can find online which larger institutions are buying in a specific area and try and reach out to them.

@Omar Fernandez for my NYC purchases I use 978-767-3757 (Berto). 

Cleveland and Dayton can be great markets for high cash flow and low purchase prices, but you need to be careful when navigating the neighborhoods so you're not buying in a D/F class area where no property managers will manage and where you'll never see any positive cash flow.

Purchase price: $360,000 We bought this stacked duplex, lived in one unit for 2 years and moved on.

Recently purchased a new property with an upstairs attic studio.

Gain is your net sales price minus your adjusted cost basis (purchase price plus capital improvements minus depreciation). 

I'm 53, married with 2 kids less than 17 years old with debt only from purchases on credit cards and my home.

There are really great REI opportunities in different markets - markets in the Midwest and Southeast of the country are particularly lucrative - where not only are the purchase prices reasonable for most RE investors, but the homes are turnkey (new builds or completely rehabbed homes, tenant ready, systems 10 years of life remaining on them, property management teams in place) with appreciating home value AND appreciating rent.

That ensures you don't spend it on other things and that you know exactly how much you have available to spend on the next purchase.

You can also do up to 85% LTV on a purchase.