Virginia passed legislation last year (I was not involved) that defined it as a real estate brokerage activity, thus nessceitating a license to wholesale.  

The biggest employer shut down about a year ago and 3  hurricanes (2 major) hit directly in the last year.

Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

Quote from @Bob Asad: If I have 2 rental properties and charging 1st, last, and security; can I take the last and security for both places (combined) and put them into a Bank of America savings account?

Because, if you are a “regular” person meaning don’t make 5M a year W2 / legit bussiness which shows on tax returns, you can’t qualify for 20M loanAlso it mean, that people who buy 20M condo, chances are they have 100M-200M cash sitting and not doing anything.Return of equity is 0, as it also the cash sitting in a bank.Debt is cheap now days: 4-5%, but if you have “unlimited cash”, then not need to pay 4-5%As far as max cash flow and minimum risk - it’s something a lot of members discussed already.And last but not least - let’s not go off topic.

Some, like the last one we got in place, used a drive by estimate of value rather than a full interior appraisal.  

Apparently, because rates increased here so astronomically in the last 2 years, the insurance industry believes their numbers are correct with the risk.If you have the correct coverage @Marc Shin, you should be covered (although you should also have budgeted or baked-in costs for minor issues/damage).

One last question - is your assistant actually hand writing the envelop?

My last deal was an exact wrap at 3.5% granted I had to put $80k down to pull it off, but it’s a great way to keep the train on the tracks.  

My last visit was in 2021 and owners were limited to one guest per month.