I just don't think you can expect a property to cash flow when you're putting 3.5% down.

Purchase price: $690,000 Cash invested: $172,500 Took a gamble on a larger single family home in an up and coming master planned community.

Hi BiggerPockets Community,I’m looking for advice on breaking even or generating positive cash flow with my studio condo in Prospect Heights, NYC.

I wouldn't consider buying real estate if I didn't have $160K cash in hand.

What you spent on the land/lots can go towards your down payment and, if you've owned the land for more than 6 months, you can use the value of the property toward the cash injection requirement.

Most reverse exchanges are done with cash from the client or a private loan of some sort from an individual or a portfolio bank.When your old property sells you will have that cash in your account to purchase the new property. 

Those 7 years were cash positive, but we just weren't making enough cash flow to make it worth the trouble. 

At those price points I'm assuming this is a more cash flow area like the rust belt, or other mid west geography.

Paid off real estate cash flows extremely well.

Additonally investor buyers use matrix like cash flow to determine value.