A short-term goal (1-5 yrs) would be to acquire 10 - 15 units with a cash flow of $200/ea. 

I would refinance now and lock in the low rate for 30 yrs. and turn that negative cash flow around.

It cost me nothing to install, and I know my cost per kilowatt for the next 20 yrs.

I am 37 yrs old and live an hour east of San Francisco.

I did that on a condo about 10 yrs ago.

My husband Denis and I just recently attended a 3 day seminar and they opened the doors to a whole new way of approaching and making deals in real estate that we had no idea about, besides the conventional bank loans.My husband has been in construction for about 13 yrs and I have been a stay at home mom for 2 years now.

@Brandon Foken  3 yrs in are you still using Adwords?

In good school districts where they want their kids to go through 4 yrs of a good education so they treat a rental house like their "home".

Sandwiched lease option: Bring in home owner and find them a tenant buyer, buyer pays me the deposit, keeps the property for 2 yrs, but decides to not to refinance out.

We used relatively modest capital improvements ($30K) and maintenance (5% of gross-does not include salaries) because we dont plan on using any of the income from the property for at least 3 yrs. i.e. everything we make will most likely be put right back into the property.We are a little nervous because it doubles our current operations and will now invole a partner full-time.