I have also read about buying lower priced $50k properties all cash but that seems to lose the value of leverage and thus give smaller cash flows.I've been reading a lot about HELOCs and from advice I'm reading, I gather to really only use a HELOC as a quick temporary purchase vehicle since technically the lender could call the balance due at anytime. 

My neighbor at a house I recently sold wanted me to cut down a tree that he felt was a danger to his property, conveniently he did this right after I called the cops on him for repeatedly parking in my driveway and refusing to move his vehicles...The previous owner mentioned to me that she had wanted to take the tree down but this same neighbor didn't want it taken down since his kids played around it.

We’re currently getting about a 1% return with our banks' savings account, but wondering if we should move the money into a different passive investment vehicle like an ETF fund to get better returns while we’re looking for the right deal? 

Now it's time to find the time and which vehicle within real estate, right?

Hi everyone,I’m currently a freshman CS student at the University of Michigan, and have been fascinated by real estate as an investment vehicle to produce steady cash flow.

Use the option contract as a vehicle to discover the seller's urgency and price point. 

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@Greg Scott, you are missing couple things:Self-directed 401k can be a great way to diversify into alternative investments, one of my favorites is trust deeds which offers great returns, low risk and completely passive (unlike rental real estate), all the income will be sheltered, can't do that outside of a tax deferred vehicle. 

That being said, $3750 is the new qualifying income, minus $1250 for rent, minus $200 for utilities, minus $150 for Phones and TV, minus $1000 for two expensive vehicles.

I'm looking for an investment vehicle with little to no risk that doesn't generate taxable income until I want to cash it in some number of years in future.