Purchase price: $160 Cash invested: $108 Sale price: $355,000 Vintage 1900 2 Story 1650 Square FT Complete stud to stud restoration What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

And what one investor thinks is great, another will think is terrible and vice versa.As a conservative investor, I go with a vintage year strategy.

- Purchased a 1960's vintage building, 18 units, in 2017 for $1.5M- In a major urban city in the northeast- Put $400K down and have paid down $100K in loan (so the balance is $1M)- Purchased it to supplement my 9 - 5 and use it as a resource of income to retire (15 20 years from now)- It's comprised of studios, 1 bedrooms and 2 bedrooms. 

Most of the wholesalers and agents I've spoken to seem to think that's just the market we're in but I'm sure other people are successful with finding a gem or two .

You might be able to find a hidden gem that people have passed over.

Use your VA loan to get a primary residence that needs some love, find something that requires primarily cosmetic work, get your hands dirty, and make it a gem.

I live in Kansas City and have been visiting Branson for the last 15 years but it seems like it has remained a hidden gem for investment purposes.  

You have to weed through them to find the gems.

Nathan suggested this and it's an absolute gem of advice-- NARPM. 

We ended up finding a GEM in one of our favorite locations, but they wanted conventional offers only.