Congratulationswhat you’ve found that both the INVESTMENT side of real estate, and theBUSINESS side are very competitive; therefore profit margins are compressed, so those “home runs” people like to bragg about are actually quite rare.  

The margins are tight which increases risk.

Notice how they presume they are going to buy the asset at a substantial discount from the lender.  

As I get deeper into Commercial Investing (the research of it), I am always think I am closer to getting a MultiFamily. Now I have read some of the well off say in so many comments.. Just save money and etc....This co...

Keep your focus on how many crappy properties you can buy each year, instead of buying fewer but better properties.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

I use Eric Kloth out of Redding and he is stuck with us for this and our future home buying needs. 

Think of it like buying an existing performing business.

Columbus is going to be more of an appreciation play and cash flow margins will be tighter in the beginning. 

To reiterate, I don't need huge profit margins off these and I do want to offer quality rentals but they do need to make sense.