Then generally the best advice is to buy in the best area that you can afford, even if the cash flow isn’t as good in year one you will get more market appreciation in equity and rent growth in the better area.

The best way to attract quality tenants is to buy quality properties.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

We were there looking for another property that we could buy together on the beach that we could rent out as a short-term vacation rental.We we're living it up and having a fantastic time zip lining, eating delicious food, and seeing the monkeys in the wild.it seems like from the moment I returned from that trip in August 2022 the real estate market completely changed.

@Kyle LipkoRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

For the mortgage you are looking at, you will be buying the mortgage on which apx 80K is due for apx 14K.

Many groups buy cash flow negative deals and overraise to pay distributions right away. 

Not exactly sure what Safeguard does but if they are originating notes for owner occupied properties then they need to follow the Dodd Frank rules and anyone buying such notes should make sure they did.  

@Jay Hinrichs my thoughts exactly, I feel they are big enough to email blast crappy deals and know someone out of 100,000 will buy it.

I hope the heck I've got more than a decade to go, but just have too many play things to do that are more important than buying another house.