A very, very early stage project I am discussing with a friend is how to track and measure trust on the net.

So aim lower than it could ever possibly be or walk away.

Hey @Jordan Lynam ,In an Absent Owner situation, most investors aim to collect $1,000 of rents per $100,000 of property they buy.Since you are wanting to cashflow while living in one unit, you have to raise your rent requirements to roughly $2,000/month per unit per $100,000Those kinds of rents are incredibly difficult to find, in a neighborhood that you want to live in.

There are pockets of south LA that are decent but even those are getting pricey.... also, putting down 30-50% on a property to see "positive ROI" aka cash flow, generally isn't the kind of cash flow people are aiming for.

Most of the podcasts are riddled with "praising each other " "talking in generics " "repeating the same thing " to give an example - one of the podcasts i was listening - every episode , their only point is "Be stingy , live horribly and invest " - Its ok if some one believes in this , but if thats the aim of every episode and you tell the same thing - a zillion times , it makes me appreciate the work you are doing .anyway - great job , good luck . 

Simple measurements, plumbing stacked on multiple levels when available.

, then aim.

-they give you easy to read tools and data for each one of your rentals that you could easily measure and leverage  -It’s like they took Amazon, Podio, and Fundrise, and smashed them together!  

My aim is buy/holds with cash flow, but there are many other strategies that people are using.

It goes against basic principles.That being said, if it were just a stop-gap measure, and not a permanent solution, I would just have to look the other way.