Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

Ultimately there are some investment companies that vertical integration is going to be a key part of their success, while others vary from no impact to being the downfall.

If you can't get cash out, consider the likelihood of your market appreciating further/bouncing back from where the market currently is, as well as whether you can do any value add to your properties to boost their values.

., where prices are much lower but still well above Toledo.The significant boost in pay won by United Auto Workers members at Stellantis and General Motors in Toledo and rippling out into the auto-manufacturing supply chain boosts buying power in the local economy and is surely behind the economic projections of real estate sales growth exceeding all but one of the top 10 markets.

Ultimately, if your CPA is shutting you down on this, without presenting alternative options, it may be time for an upgrade. 

Ultimately, the buyers agents Broker is the one that will have to approve and sign the form and to some extent, may be out of the agents control to negotiate too low.I hope this helps clear it up a bit. 

Keep in mind your ultimate goal for investment and does buying at 30-40% fit in that goal. 

Ultimately, I think it's less about what model you choose and more about how many times your practice with the model you wind up going with.

I ultimately realized there was very little housing inventory in the neighborhood geared towards families that wanted to rent and I essentially created a new market with $3,000 rentals which has been successful and I am now looking to replicate.

@Flavia Vangelotti sounds like you're in a great spot financially to get into real estate investing if that's what you want to do ultimately.