The factors within your control/influence are much greater than some modest market environment headwinds.

On the more modest end of things, I like the podcast Women Invest in Real Estate with Amelia McGee and Grace Gudenkauf.

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It keeps me on schedule with reviews of their payment history, lease compliance, in-person property inspections, rent increases, lease term updates, and more.With even a modest 3% increase per year, their rent would be $3,054 in the third year, almost $80 a month more than you currently propose.

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Our plan in the near term would be to use the cash-flow to buy additional properties every 1-2 years, increasing cash-flow so that we can live off that income after 10-15 years.Given our modest goal of $10K/month, I am leaning towards Option 2 which is to use cash to buy properties and in a few years re-evaluate financing.Here is one of the new construction duplex properties I am vetting right now:Purchase price: $360K for a duplex.Expected rents: $3300 monthlyInsurance + taxes: $500Vacancy, Maintenance + Capex, Property Management (25%): $800Net cashflow: ~2K/month (CoC ~7%)

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