You can still achieve it, but finding deals that actually pencil out on all criteria (low enough purchase price, low enough renovation cost, cash flows on the backend, all cash out at refinance) is pretty hard.

Probably we should have considered this( closing timeframe). at the time of purchase and looked at properties that would complete before the school season starts. 

Quote from @Anthony Maffei: I purchased a two-family property in 2017 and now have around $500K in positive equity.

We’re particularly interested in purchasing a duplex, triplex, or fourplex, or a property with an ADU to start our investment journey.We look forward to learning from and contributing to this community!

Why do you think purchase contracts are so long and have such small print?

You can probably make decent returns in Akron based on gross income and purchase price.

I am from the Chicago area and looking to purchase my first property in the next 3-6 months. 

Purchase price: $302,500 Cash invested: $5,000 Utilized VA Loan for a House Hack for my first Rental Property.

Being able to purchase a property with only 5% down means you can leverage your money way more effectively.

Quote from @Rene Hosman: @Austin Wolff recently went through this process of identifying markets to purchase in and he goes over his thought process in this episode on the Rookie podcast about how he used the MarketFinder here on BiggerPockets to find markets that met his criteria Podcast: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-473MarketFinder: https://www.biggerpockets.com/marketsI specifically only focused on 2 markets (Indianapolis and Fayetteville, AR) before I found a deal using the BP "deal finder."