It will be hard to raise 400k in pure private money unless you have a large network of private investors.

Seems like a cash-flow negative investment in SF, NYC, etc 4 years ago would have been pretty lucrative from a pure appreciation point of view. 

@Brendan Flannery Is this going to be your primary residence or purely investment?

Or are investors settling for a "nicer" location with decent rents and quality tenants rather than a purely cash-flow vantage point.Even if the Holyoke market is seeing rents in the $1200-1300/month range; is this a worthwhile justification to paying a premium on these smaller multi-families?

I have sold warranties at appliance stores and I can assure you warranties are pure profit.

the 3100 a month is that split.do you take a management fee for doing all of this for the truly passive money investors.I cashed them out with the cashout refinance. so basically everything in the deal now is purely mine.

It's a pure arbitrage play.

You could always house-hack for a year and then turn it into a pure investment property.Otherwise, expect to put down 20-25%.

How am I going to find them that deal.To me real estate is pure math and numbers.

Pure speculation.