I decided to buy the property from my grandfather using a gift of equity, which allowed me to take over ownership without having to come up with the full down payment and pay for the tax lien and his closing costs.

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If I could deploy the same amount of up front cost to purchase an up and running portfolio.My calculations tell me that I can be cash flowing much more if I spend the money on a portfolio or complex.

So far I’ve just been doing free posting, no paid marketing.

At this time I manage and renovate majority of all my units to keep cost low but most likely not the best use of my time although I'm skilled at it.

Most sellers are going to want 20-25% down as it’s going to cost them 10% to sell.

If one tenant has been in there for that long, there will also be some serious capex and turnover costs.

For example, with 5% inflation, a $100 basket of goods today will cost $162 in ten years.

He has a free YouTube channel and a Facebook group as well.

As a veteran if you assume another veterans VA loan it frees up their entitlement.