That's looking at it through a narrow lens though, when you zoom out to 5-10-15 years down the road and calculate the difference, in my experience the appreciation has been far more beneficial than the $200 difference per month in cash flow from a different market.

Better yet, spread that $120k in funds across as many rental properties as makes sense.

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Plus new folks do a very poor job of screening the buyer for Ability To Repay (ATR) which involves pulling full doc and calculating the borrowers DTI, honest income, honest debt payments, prior debt payment histor (FICO) etc etc.Plus shockingly (or shocking to sellers) if you bought this investment house, fixed it, then are selling with financing you are selling "inventory" and y9ou owe taxes on the gain in the year of sale, you are NOT able to use installment sale to spread out paying taxes. 

Narrowing down the options will probably come down to comps and city/neighborhood specifics; things like permits.Any good suggestions for finding out how long permits are taking in certain areas?

For big cities, narrow down to about a 2 mile radius. 

Hi everyone,Does anyone have any useful spreadsheets / checklists / anything informational as I begin my journey into fix and flips? Trying to make this as structured and organized as possible.Thank you.

You should narrow down to 2-3 areas

This not only helps me spread my money wisely but also eliminates the need for me to handle the day-to-day management tasks or hire someone to do so.Currently, I am investing in a mobile home park, several apartment complexes across the United States, and even a manufacturing plant.

The reality is you started with $25,000 two years ago and have a dicey chunk of equity spread across quite a few properties.