Upfront expenses and monthly payments must be considered when calculating the return on your investment.EXAMPLEYou cash out $100,000 of your equity and use this as a down payment on a $400,000 investment property.

Are you new to real estate investing or just to the forums?

I have a property in Memphis...and frankly no matter how much I've spent on property management (have had three, all promise the sky and deliver next to nothing), I have gotten the run around by the property management team in all three cases, which has deterred me from investing further in Memphis real estate.

We have our first inspection of a potential investment (deal from a wholesaler) today, so I feel like that is a step forward.

I am looking forward to meeting people from different aspects of the Real Estate Investing world.

Consult an expert, but my understanding of a 1031 is that you can't pay cash for the next deal unless you paid cash for the original one. 

I’m new to real estate investing, aside from a handful of books I’ve recently finished—one of which (BRRRR by David Greene) led me here.

When I am looking for a new investment property and am strapped for cash, I typically look off-market and try and find something that can a seller is looking to sell that needs minimal repairs to be rent ready and the purchase price is 80% of the ARV this way I can use private money to buy in cash, do the repairs needed then refinance on a DSCR loan and pay off the private money loan. 

In College Station TX A lot of the investor focused agents will also help list your investment property for rent. 

I’m looking to purchase my first multi family home in the city of Colombus and am looking for the hard numbers, metrics I should be on the lookout for, and sample properties to get my hands wet as far as what’s considered a good deal and area to invest in.