Home was nice 4 Bed 3Bth under $550K with a decent size lot/yard and it only required 5% down as a New primary.Now I am not sure how big of a home you need but as you can see $100K covers much more in a scenario like that one above. 

So picture this @Kevin Rodriguez, someone strolls up to you in grocery store parking lot and says "Hi, nice to meet you.

You can tell who is actually passionate about their job and passionate about the market usually pretty quickly.

Jobs.

Home prices will likely vary by region, with modest increases in areas of high demand and stable job markets, while others may stabilize or decline.

I was looking for something cheap, but nice at the same time. my real estate agent pulled through and found this property being sold off market.

A tenant lost his job at the same time as his wife, I met with them and found out they had family in Atlanta thay could move in with, but didn't have the money to get there.

Quote from @Terra Padgett: While cash flow can be nice to see each month, it can be fleeting and inconsistent.

Martin the property management argument isn't really an argument if you look at the bigger picture that most investors don't want to manage their properties anyways because they are spending most of the time on their main job.

@Damon AlbersSounds like these properties are in a class c area and your manager is not doing a good job vetting themBut this is not out of ordinary for c class rentals which is why people look at cash flow and be like wow but one $5000 bill can wipe out 4-6 months of rental income and properties never make money and rarely appreciateThis is why we do not do lower class rentals as stated cash flow vs reality are typically not close