If you have a steady income stream, you may be able to get funding from a local bank but this can be difficult and can take a long time. 

I like watching a lot of youtube videos on real estate, the markets, etc. Some forecasters are claiming we will have a meltdown similar to '08. I do not agree. In '08 we did not have the same type of market. We had in...

I see buying this type of real estate beneficial; perhaps more beneficial compared to SFHs because of the multiple streams of income I can potentially gather off of the one property.

Buy and hold real estate has the downside that you're never going to see a huge chunk of cash (unless you sell) but you will have a reliable stream of income.

If I buy a new property, I will rent it right away and turn it into another income stream.

Anyway, we shall see, something could go south, and it could all fall apart tomorrow, but for now, I am lucky and blessed to be able to say that things are running very smoothly with the right personnel in place, and the machine we have built over the past couple years is steadily spitting our several revenue streams, and I’m very excited to not be forced to trade time for money.

., contractor mgmt, tenant screening / mgmt, etc.)Why REI / goals - focused on investing in RE to support my portfolio diversification, creating a second sustainable income stream, and growing overall wealth.

I see listings reducing price in every state by tiny amounts when they didn't get the moon and movie star price now.

The whole cost should be pretty minimal (compare to 300k) and result in a decent stream of income which should offset most of my current mortgage (the whole house hacking kind of deal).

My preference is if I need 5k per month to live I would like to create a reoccurring revenue stream of 5k and then have $xx lump sum for flexibility.