How many units can you successfully manage on your own, without it totally consuming you're life and having it screw up your day job....I'm at 14, and I gotta say this is getting pretty tough at times

-Have about $30k in savings and usually able to put $2k in savings every month unless I'm paying for some other expense like a vacation or Christmas presents or an emergency-I have no other means of retirement accounts (no 401ks or anything like that)Where we live now, we know it wasn't going to be our "forever" home.  

I have access to Realist, and there's SOME information you can gather from the tax records, but not all homes have it, and it has proven to be quite time consuming (for example, if it says it was bought/refi-ed at 27k in 2011, I can run it through a mortgage calculator to get an idea of what current equity might be).

Look for something renters would appreciate, and buy knowing that this won't be your FOREVER home, just your forever cash flow device!

With a history of home rehab and resale to consumers on the North Side of Indianapolis as well as a background in value add property management, I'm looking to leverage my experience as to create a network of professionals to buy properties for rehab and resale in multiple areas of Indianapolis. 

Just a little background on my current situation, I am 24, currently renting, and have 2 boarders whom cover 90% of rent at present, I know they will not be around forever, however I have been debating whether or not to start looking into purchasing my own home first.

Those aren't exactly something the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made optional...My BS detector is starting to activate.

Door knocking is good too ( time consuming i recommend doing this with properties you really want and know could be a gold mine). 

Capital Expenses, items that are not just consumables like appliances, roofing, AC, all have what is called a Class Life and get depreciated according to IRS rules for that Class.  

Really, anyone considering investing in flooded homes has to have an idea of what the future value will be and my question via a recent post; Is a flooded home forever worth less than a rival that did not have water in it?