Purchase price: $98,500 Cash invested: $15,000 owner financed on duplex, bought from a friend of the family. hopefully many more to comeHey @Jeffrey Eschbach, welcome to the BP Forum!

We've rented out some of our best investment properties (New Construction/Turnkey) to Sec 8 residents, and the rent guarantee always helps in achieving consistent cash flow each month.

The real property investment can be repositioned if it proves disappointing in its original form; it can be refinanced or recapitalized if it has too much or too e pensive debt; inflation over time bales out many bad purchases, and finally the investors knowledge, experience and abilities can be leveraged to turn around a cash flow negative property.I’ll provide an exampleThree years ago we purchased a note from a bank secured by two auto repair facilities with a large amount of excess land.  

In theory, since we don't have a prepayment penalty, you could borrow the money, complete the rehab and pay off your loan before your first payment was due.

If you need an option that isn't as document heavy, a DSCR cash-out might be a viable option if it's an investment property.

As rental rates increase, cash flow becomes strongly positive.  

This will be helpful for hosts who have already set up their payments with Alachua County.Despite the oversupply, I still feel there are plenty of opportunities in Gainesville, both for STRs and LTRs.If you’re a current or aspiring real estate investor in Gainesville, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, and stories.

Also we felt we were going to make more self managing than with the payments they were offering.

You are looking at this through the lense of cash flow, don't forget you are also paying down the mortgage and might see some appreciation, so equity growth might be more than cash flow.

This would end up getting you some tax benefits and extra cash flow that could help you leverage that into another property...maybe a 1031 exchange.