My research with the comps suggests a price of around 134k and after taking out .70 it equals a little over 93k and I told her ball park was around 90k for the house.

When homes aren’t appraising for the purchase price & buyers have to supplement their purchase with money from their own pocket what does that tell you?

All I want to do is make some sound real estate investments to supplement my income when i retire (early at that).

I want to make my first Real Estate Investment before March 19th, 2018 (my birthday)From there I want to accumulate enough real estate investments to supplement my income  in order to retire by 2025 (7 years from now), but first things first.

Real estate just supplements my income and enables me set my kids up for the rest of their lives.I’m fully engaged and around kids for 35 + hours a week so I have a pretty clear idea of what a “normal” childhood should look like.

It might work as a supplement to your normal power supply but it won't "replace" your supplier.First you have to have a roof that faces toward the sun.

Just left my W2 job to do my side hustle full time and want to get involved in real estate to supplement! 

., investment accounts) you might be able to supplement your income with that.

This info will give you a decent idea of what to expect and help filter down your search to a few cities.Some of the metrics that the survey provides and that I find valuable to understand are:- Population - Home Values- Household Incomes- Rental Vacancy Rate- Homeowner Vacancy Rate- Poverty Rate- Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)- Number of Housing Unit- Rent to Income Ratio- Rent to Price Ratio- Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage- Property Tax Rate- Median Age of Buildings- Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages These are just some of the indicators that will help you understand the quality of an area as well as the kinds of returns one is to except.Also take into consideration the direction in which each of these market indicators are trending.

The flood damage from the subsequent storm surge waters is also significant.Frontline (DP-3) called this morning to tell me they will not pay anything for the supplemental coverage and keeps saying "due to the flood damage."