Of course, I realize all investment carries risk.I would say my strengths include financial acumen, analytical abilities, project management, and IT skills.

If I do the same with your post-refi numbers, then you're correct about the cash-flow.I'll preface my advice by saying I'm still looking for my first property, and that my only qualification right now is being extremely cautious, analytical, and detail-oriented (bordering on OCD, see the reports below). 

Hello all,I have been trying to study new real estate markets, as I believe the one I live in is declining in population.  Outside of the census, how does everyone find statistics on population growth, job growth, ave...

Analytical skills are an aid to being an RE investor.

Time management, ability to prioritize, cost analysis, data analytics are nowadays becoming more crucial for success in any business.

Qualities about me: Highly Analytical, Task-oriented and Focused.

Not always though, I just had a great talk with Kathy Fettke of RealWealthNetwork, as well as, Rodney Miller of Trident Multifamily (both great people to follow by the way) and they became educated on using heavy analytics, realtors on the ground and other tools and are proponents (if you do your due diligence) of out-of-area buys. 

This will take time, money and analytics to ultimately arrive at the most effective method.SEO marketing is effective as well as long as you're regularly producing organic content on your online platforms - I am not well versed in SEO but I have a contact who has done well with other businesses by using this strategy.

@Chris VanderlooHey Chris some other thoughts, and I'm surprised not more have weighed in:Some analytics / data visualization that shows Variables like: price changes over different time periods (either based on estimates like Zestimates or actual sale data), in some cases, steep/rapid changes, or acceleration may be a window into when an area is getting that critical mass to move forward - I'm thinking a heat map etc after scraping price info over time - by the way, the Zestimate I've found the historical graph is not the ACTUAL historical Zestimate, (for whatever reason)Scraping the note world (paperstac, Note MLS) to again look for rapid changes in default rates or other relevant info that'd be leading indicator for pricing - note this would need more brainstormingWe use Monday.com - if there was a plug-in or something that'd help very specifically handle RE projects, especially as we onboard other people, that'd be great.Platform for specifically detailing projects for bid - something different than the Homeadvisor model, though - If we as investors could see actual historical labor rates on a per unit basis, this would be great. 

My strong points for the business are data and analytics.