I Started to ask as many meaningful questions possible as I sat in excitement knowing how important this conversation just got for my future investing.

I do not believe that any city in the midwest would have the cash flow of a San Diego purchase from 20 years ago (excluding having extracted out equity via a refi - every investor probably has extracted value).It is important to distinguish initial cash flow from actual cash flow. 

Once you firmly decide on your strategy, you can start taking meaningful action to put your first deal together.

At first, I was trying to find turnkey providers but found out that the rent to price ratio is too low to make meaningful return.

This tradeoff is something that I wrestle with constantly, and to me it comes down to this: On a $1mm (or less) property or less cash flow is not going to make me rich or materially alter my life in a meaningful way.

Many new investors come here looking for advice without taking the time to learn enough to ask meaningful questions. 

Cash flow is not meaningful in a highly appreciating market.

Like all fossil fuels, it’s a finite resource that gets more expensive to extract as the resource dwindles, compared to the sun which is always shining.

As a newcomer in this industry, I was delighted to find this online platform and am eager making meaningful connections with others who share the same passions.

So with the properties that I've already purchased should I consider plowing money into 1 to get the equity up so I could have a meaningful HELOC?