Make more money and/or reduce your debt.Don't get cute and skirt these critical aspects. 

If you want to separate yourself from 99% of real estate agents who want to work with investors do this consistently:1.

Property management is one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of real estate investing.

Happy to discuss the financing aspect of this if you'd like.

The contracts aspect is major, VERY major, not to mention it can make massive $ differences in a sale.

There are two aspects to the government “crackdown”.

Hi Everyone,So, I live in a location (Rockville, MD) mostly consisting of high-priced properties and find it difficult to consider SFHs for buy-and-hold purposes. 

Hi! My former boss (retired) has inspired me to get into real estate.  I've made some foundational moves (heloc, llc, etc.)  But podcasts, books, seminars, I feel so lost still.  I'm definitely out of my comfort zone ...

I wanted it for myself but went to a wholesale seminar so I figured I would give it a try because I would like to know all aspects of real estate.

Also use Placer.ai stats to compare both properties, local demographics, median income etcOur experience on the lending side is that if gross sales are consistent over last 3-years, under writers will consider this incomeI would definitely consider option-1 based on tenants sales, NOI and how stable the restaurant is running.