I think people who dream of never working are blinded by working the wrong job or a job they hate.

Here are the numbers:Purchase price: 300k @5.5% (might be able to negotiate new exterior paint job credit)Monthly costs: mortgage- 1703 tax-245 (2933/yr) insurance- 167Market rents are 1600$ easy for both sides as is but currently being rented at 1410 and 1325 tenets pay all utilities (separately metered)Planning on putting aside 20% of rents for Maint, vacancy, capex and will be self managing property.

There platform is still quite outdated but it gets the job done but it's okay for the price.

It's going to be an obvious patch job when they do inspections and they may ask for credits or replacement so you are more likely to get more by doing more.I don't know any roofers in Canton, but any time I see patch and roof and sell, I don't think it's necessarily wise.

An agent's job isn't to invest, it is to get business. 

Respect their time by giving them the information they need to include or exclude your listing quickly, and then earn their respect by answering all correspondence quickly.Making life easier for the frazzled person trying to do their job is its own reward.

Don’t buy more than your job can support. 

I don't have a great job, but its not bad.

@Nate Jenks - @Andrew Postell did a great job clarifying the big challenge you'd run into pulling cash out with such a low down payment. 

Just started working my first W-2 job out of college and looking to start investing ASAP.