The posts are overly enthusiastic and ridiculously over the top.

Class D neighborhoods pencil out great if you don’t know what you’re doing and don’t mind packing a gun when you go to collect rent every two weeks.So here’s a tip: never invest in a place where you wouldn’t want to live.

Any government has only two tools of control: guns and currency.

@Greta Andrews Dave Ramsey a nationally respected financial expert , best selling author, and financial advisor calls whole life( cash value) insurance a con job orchestrated on novice investors by “ enthusiastic ignoramuses” masquerading as financial advisors.Borrowing money from yourself and paying interest on your own money is a non common sense approach to investing. 

I am left wondering do I stick to my guns and stay patient and wait for properties that make sense given todays rents and interest rates OR do I ignore the gap in what I am willing to pay and what the Sellers want knowing I will have to increase my down payment to 35% to 40% to get a solid property?

Must have tools:Vice grips, hammer, Phillips screwdriver, WD-40, fly swatter, box cutter, snake catcher, BB gun.

This is another data from the same bridge-lender pool for CLO issued after 2022:The concentration of their CRE loan pool is mainly at DSCR 0.50.Having said if someone is pointing me a gun to me to force to invest at multifamily or shopping mall.

Columbus has some strong dynamics…cheap prices, 3 F500 companies, military, hospital, kayaking enthusiasts, Kia car plant.It has as many bad parts as good, so do your research, but I do believe if it is just about the investment, there’s some money to be made there

My current partner isn’t as enthusiastic about sharing the building with a tenant but does see the immense benefit to having rental income to help offset expenses.

I’ve read about strategies like house hacking but am not too enthusiastic about what it would take (also not very feasible given the current cash I have), also the ‘BRRR’ method, though I wonder if it might be too ambitious for my first property.