@Brett Kash How are you doing nowadays?

But they do the homes; I would think park financing would be easy nowadays (assuming it is stabilized) . 

Nowadays it seems like a goose chase for buying multi-unit properties in the Bronx and Queens

In the old days the tax auditor records were on actual cards, but nowadays its usually all online

You will probably pay the most income tax that is charged against short term investments instead of owning rentals which reflects that type of income as passive income (which is usually when it is owned over 12 months)  but usually is taxed less nowadays and takes 20% down no matter where you might borrow. 

Currently, a casino and a laundromat occupy the 2 units. 

I give myself a break on this because 13 years of K-12 and a father with a PhD was a lot of brainwashing to get past alone in 4 years of college (which also offered up its own very large share of brainwashing, even to a humanities student).I can only imagine what he would have told me if I had explained I had put aside my summa cum laude degree and four full-ride offers for my own PhD and was working for maybe 10 bucks an hour to learn renovation carpentry.My hat's off the young people who are figuring the big societal lies out nowadays at a young age.

@Kevin Roveda You might have to ease your return expectations slightly to find a deal nowadays but by no means is it impossible.

With all the amazing technological tools we have nowadays to analyze markets and study trends and keep an eye on the news and economy it’s very easy to get caught up in believing that some “old school” methods are outdated or less important.

Nowadays it is hard, actually super to get decent deals from wholesalers.