Purchase price: $125,000 Cash invested: $75,000 Sale price: $248,000 Decent fix and flip completed in 2024.

My plan is to set up a syndication fund with Canadian (and U.S) investors to purchase short-term rental properties in the Puerto Vallarta and Rivera Nayarit area (which is booming).

(August 2022)Single-family residence buy & hold investment.Current Value Estimate: $410,000 Purchase price: $345,000 Cash invested: $5,000

Nobody who has been purchasing section 8 rentals for 2 years and doesn't understand the costs associated with operating these assets sustainably has any business investing other's money.

Purchase price: $75,000 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $120,000 This is a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom single family detached house is South Georgia.

Purchase price: $341,000 Cash invested: $136,000 Sale price: $519,000 A house that I bought, renovated, and sold.

There are some markets that you may be able to make a purchase with what you have available. 

These marketers would have the novice investor believe that the narrow focused “education” they provide combined with the “holy grail” formula (wholesaling, subject to, flipping, lease option, discounted note purchase, etc.) is most, if not all, anyone needs to become “independent” and successful, usually by month 12.

We want to purchase a property to begin building our rental portfolio but are unsure of the best approach.We live in Sonoma County, California, and I work in Healdsburg.

These areas not only offer reasonable purchase prices for most investors but also feature turnkey homes—either newly built or fully renovated, ready for tenants, with systems that still have 10+ years of life remaining, and property management teams in place.