The advice of each investor you read about is usually tailored to those in their position. 

Tailor-made for the deal you are looking at in Cincinnati.

Then we tailor our offer campaigns around “filling his order” so we never end up with property we need to sell after we buy it.

We contracted with an attorney licensed in each state to create these documents and tailor them to the individual state landlord tenant laws.

@Deke BeldenThe hard money is a stepping stone to longer term financing.There is longer term financing available that is tailor made for your situation:requires no income verificationno seasoning on title Rates are higher than Fannie/Freddie, but if you can't get a loan and miss out on a profitable deal because you didn't want to pay a little higher interest, you'll be kicking yourself.Stephanie

Its also information that you can find here on BP (more tailored to your market youre interested in) with a couple hrs of searching.I am also a cali investor who started 6 months ago and wrote this about the midwest:I like the markets of Memphis, Little Rock, Kansas City and Indianapolis.I have done a ton of research and interviewed 20+ turnkey providers/RE agents/and local investors and narrowing it down to a handful of people I wanted to work with.

The more the advice is tailored to the recipient, the more likely it will be viewed as a recommendation.

So you do not use the cap rate of the property you are analyzing... this is what led you to chase your own tail (or cyclical nightmare, as you put it).As far as the article that you referred to, well... you need to read the articles on BP with a grain of salt.

If you're, say, a roofer your results might be better.We spent a lot of time tailoring our profile and on the phone with our rep zeroing in the zip codes we wanted.

Spreadsheet Assumptions I tailored this spreadsheet based on my own situation, but I think it can be manipulated easily for other situations especially for others with W2 jobs.