If you are in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, you used to be able to get duplexes for $50k to $100k and make it cash flow quickly.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

I'm trying to find the best way to connect with real estate investors.  

I’d like to understand more about your approach, especially when it comes to analyzing deals and working with investors.

Hey Samantha, welcome to the Forums. 

The statistics seem to show and many "experts" seem to say that you now need at least 4.8 to be in the top.

When thinking about how to structure a deal, it is more useful to wargame different scenarios.

I would encourage anybody with an SDIRA to consider switching over to a Checkbook IRA for some of the following reasons:1.

So I am not going to agree on some.

Be sure to explore all around the forums as well as many of the FREE tools that Bigger Pockets provides.I am on the lending side of things and am always happy to hop on a call to discuss loan options that are out there, even if not offered by my resources.