Our full-time acquisition team goes through every on-market property that comes available in our markets and only sends the ones that when preliminarily analyzed make sense for our system, so that you are not spending hours going through hundreds of properties a week that would never meet the criteria needed to successfully micro flip (like I discussed on my recent Bigger Pocket episode).

If you might lose a hundred or two a month, then A) can you afford that comfortably with your current W2 and B) is the property at least in a good location that has appreciation potential over the next 15 years?

I personally like to have at least a few hundred dollars a month in positive cash flow, so (assuming your figures are correct) I'd say keep it and rent it for sure.

For me, I'm a very conservative investor and may look through a hundred deals a month, and at the end of the year only invest in 4-5.

Would you pay for a subscription model say $1000 a month where you got access to knowledgeable investor agent who had zero stake on if the transaction closed but provided you with local knowledge, strategies, ran comps, looked over deals, even looked over home inspection reports, talked in the phone, basically a consultant (you could possibly tack on services like writing offers or seeing a property in person) my thought is if you buy a property relatively quickly, it’s much cheaper than paying 2.5% even if you end up paying for the service for a few month’s and realize it’s not a good time for you to buy you are only out a few thousand dollars as opposed to hundreds of thousands of dollars, this would basically take the agent’s need to sell you a home out the process, presumably there motivation would be to keep you subscripted for as long as possible but you could easily just cancel and if you were interested in buying later resubscribe than.

Private Mortgage Insurance this adds hundreds of dollars a month to your payment. 

Most recently Zillow threw epic resources into a direct "war" on taking over real estate transactions, and all Zillow achieved was finding a fast way to loose a few hundred million. 

The market is a bit saturated, and there are a few hundred units under development right now, so that may get a little worse before it levels off.

CA for instance has hundreds of thousands of paper lots that were created between about 1900 and 1935. these paper lots get sold at tax sale all the time and its where a lot of the land geek type of players toil. 

Hello, I am seeking expert advice on any (dis)advantages between two scenarios.Context: I am a full-time employee who works from home, I do not report to an office.My employer (HQ in Portland, OR) employs hundreds of employees who are either 'remote' or have assigned 'desk locations' throughout the country.