West Palm Beach rental demand is about to rise - what do you think?

You want to figure out how much you’r truly making on that $350k give or take in equity.

If you pay more, you won't meet your metrics and will probably have negative cashflow and/or equity.You may have to make 10, 20 or even 100 offers to get one accepted at the price that meets your numbers.This is what all investors did BEFORE the Great Real Estate Crash of 2008-2010.

Glad to hear that you are using Equity Trust already as they happen to be our official partner for self directed IRAs. :) It sounds like you are looking for a specific investment opportunity? 

It's slower, but patient people tend to make wise investments.

The challenge for a PMC is having the time to answer all your HUNDREDS of questions and handholding you as you learn, while still making money.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.You need to get a firm grasp on two things: the ways to make money with real estate, and how to find deals that match your goals.P.S.

Happy to meet up with you and share my many years experience as an investor and networking with other investors and parting my wisdom.

Key is to not grow to fast and have $ set aside as it's never as fast or profitable as you think when getting started where in Texas are you looking to be a GC?

Some agents will do 3% but asking anyone to do 5.5%(2.25 to each side) is not going to be attractive.