So far, I have a mortgage broker that I have built a healthy relationship with and he plans to help me by also referring me to contractors, agents, etc.

@Emaria Mitchell Sounds like you need about $35k cash PLUS a healthy emergency fund, no bad debt, and preferable a deal with value add potential.

If you've been in the game for a bit, I'm sure this is great because your portfolio is looking very healthy.

This also protects you from dying trees, etc, and tenant is responsible for keeping it healthy/nice.Good luck!

I only made one deal in my first year -- like Day 364 -- because I was stuck in analysis paralysis on how to find deals.And $57K is a healthy profit.Congrats!

A note from the investor on Gordon - "knows the soil around each part of town and most respected engineer around"Do you have a GC you use who is skilled at getting properties into rent ready condition?

@Adrienne BinderIf you have a tidy sum to invest with and your goal is to have a healthy, passive income stream in ten years’ time why would you be focusing on starting a flipping business?

If you can fix the soil and runoff issues you might have better luck maintaining it.

When I see new investors with healthy budgets ask these questions in an open forum I always envision a bunch of sharks circling him in the water.

I would just make sure to have a healthy reserve account.