You can get there...just gotta get the snowball rolling down the hill whether it is real estate or other investments.

And how do I roll this into a cheaper mortgage (my dti would be too bad for another conventional).Maybe a lender would be able to consider the electric "working" with the proper inspection?

I am looking into turnkey investing. I currently have a duplex in Milwaukee and am living in a single family home that I plan to turn into a SFH rental. I would like to purchase another duplex in the near future and a...

In my multis I always paid the water, and it is reflected in the rent roll.

Once you’ve set up and marketed your rental, use the cash flow to scale your portfolio over time.

I have a listing coming up that is Zoned R-2 in Denver.

One of them dinged our credit and sent a late notice before I even had time to set up ACH payments with them.

Also Gary Swank brought up a great point about how the area can change drastically block by block, even on the same street.

Have a big database, sellers who look up my brand/appeal.

Then you fix up the property and then get it refinanced.