You may also be able to "make your market" if you can hit a critical mass.

Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Hello,real estate investors,I have a question for those with experience pulling home equity to fund new investments.

Hi all, I am familiarizing myself with at the Albequerque market and wondering whether any local investors can shed some perspective on overall property values relative to rents in the area.

By year 5 we had around 55 people.We did hire a marketing person but frankly marketing wasn't our strong suit. 

You may want to start with the BP agent finder for those markets and then work with them to find good PMs and lenders.

Large deposits are nice, but very difficult to actually get access to escrow funds in the event of default.

Hey,I am curious if any of you have found good deals on the market that were listed on the MLS for a long time (90+ days). 

If you haven't checked the market for homes with "inlaw suites" or whatever your market equivalent is that can be a way to get it done as well. 

Way to many investors were buying properties for more then they were worth with hopes of collecting MUCH MORE than market rent.

I’m about to launch a fund and start building new builds.