If you have some capital, income, and decent credit, buy a 4-5 bedroom house and rent bedrooms. 

Hey everyone,I’m considering BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) in Sacramento and wanted to hear from investors who have successfully executed this strategy in the last two years.

I am not sure if I would make the same decision today.However, if you think you can purchase real estate and have a SIGNIFICANT delta as an investment, I would not cash out the 401k now to buy real estate. 

I would buy more efficient new boilers and then solve for A/C if needed...

Quote from @Steven Catudal: Hi all,My partner and I are looking to buy investment properties in Alabama, specifically Birmingham.

My experience is though, that any fed backed loan, automatically is offered a chance to do a loan mod. 

Would you recommend their realtor team for the buying process or should I look elsewhere? 

Rather than just spending the money on a rate buy down. 

I gravitate towards "red states" given the landlord-friendly laws and relative ease of evictions, which unfortunately are unavoidable in the buy and hold game.

New construction in a saturated market isn’t always the best play if you’re looking for steady returns.A place like Rochester has way better fundamentals—lower buy-in, strong rent-to-price ratios, and stable demand from universities, hospitals, and major employers.