All of the above will work with some consistency and luck.

In my view, it's challenging to find a great contractor without providing them with consistent business, which is difficult to do without having properties that require renovations.

Consistent recurring money in the bank.

In my network I've reached out to a RE friend of mine and she has a investor end buyer that is interested in my deal which consists of 3 properties as a package deal from the seller i.e the seller does not want to sell just 1 of the properties it must be all 3 of them which are cash flowing rentals.My question is my RE friend has to legally transact the deal on a "CAR" purchase agreement.

As far as 20% down, I am not sure but I believe this is more or less consistent with the US because I don't believe banks will normally lend on rental properties for less than 20% down unless they are owner occupied.

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

.: When I first started investing, I built a portfolio consisting of a combination of "cash flow" properties and "appreciation" properties.

He’s a pleasure to work with, and his work is consistently excellent.

If one or two in 1000 houses would be open to a "cash offer" in the next 12 months, that means you have to market to them and the other 998 consistently for 12 months.

Make it the consistency you would use to build a sandcastle.