Purchase price: $420,000 Cash invested: $55,096 Purchased a distressed single-family home in Antioch, CA, using the BRRRR strategy to create $141,000 in equity and secure a cash-flowing rental property.

It is an awesome system and does everything for single and multi family management, makes our difficult job so much easier.

The 4-plex may be viable if zoning allows it but building another single family is probably not the move.

If you are single or married with a small child, buying a duplex or 4plex should work well.  

I am single and 42 and doing this all on my own... no one in my family has any experience in the investing side of things, so I am truly starting from scratch.As of April 2025, I will be moving to the Charlotte area (along with my two pups) and putting a renter in my Austin house. 

Something super creative and crazy?

I did all of mine several months ago as they are single member LLC;s and I already have to go through fingerprinting, background checks for my NMLS license as well as audited financials for our fund.

Quality over quantity. that would be an interesting exercise for BP super computer who has the most votes to post ratio I bet Mike D is right at the top.. then on the inverse you would have the least votes for the most posts those would be those folks that just post the same thing over and over I suspect.Mike's the EF Hutton of BP 😀  hey you stole my line  I suspect half of bp has no clue who Ef hutton is or what we are talking about. 

I just purchased a single-family home in a college town. 

All you need is a single place to track tenant information, payment history, maintenance, and other things.