To find the best deal, set clear investment criteria—aim for at least $200/month per unit in cash flow, strong rental demand, and minimal repairs.

Depending on what your investing goals are you want to looking into self directed IRA vs. checkbook IRA or even better if you qualify Solo 401k.

Special thanks to Grayson Glaze, CRE, CCIM, CPM, JD for inviting me to speak about my collaboration with Alabama Center for Real Estate to make my educational materials available to UA’s 800+ real estate students; to Jack Kobus, president of the Student Real Estate Investment Fund for hosting this event; and to the many students who attended.

So I would love to know where and how I can source such properties.Would also like to connect with some good investor friendly cleveland realtors with ears to the ground.And I'd love to hear about everyone else's experiences with moving from single to multifamily investing. 

Then they want to get into real estate but have no capital to invest.  

I have multiple SFH properties I rent here and am soon investing in another.

This is a very popular incentive in the city of columbus where tax abatements can lower taxes by 3k a year. on income of 60k for a traditional triplex that we build that would be lowering operating expenses by 10% if you assume approx 40%. it makes a big difference but I was wondering if anyone has actually seen the benenfits over time from holding these properties or investing in similar areas in urban core adjacent through renovations or new construction. there are benefits to selling them obviously but please comment if this applies to you!! 

While I am down here in South Florida, where real estate is a sport and finding a parking spot feels like an investment strategy, house hacking can work anywhere if you play it right.Since you are new to the area, I would start by getting a feel for rental demand.

I am seeking an investment minded real estate agent to work with me on determining (with substantiated estimates that I can share with my parents) the most advantageous path forward, which I believe would be 1) rehab and rent, 2) rehab and sell, or 3) sell “as is”.

Every REI has a starting point, a build up phase, and an exit phase (this doesn't have to mean out of REI...it refers to cash).The key to determining this is based on an investment plan, and where the REI is in that plan.