The risk vs. reward margin is in my favor this way too.My opinion is to start off with your own funds, if you can. 

The following is based on my personal experience and is my opinion; it may differ substantially from othersAttending seminars, boot camps, introductory lectures, etc., put on by people trying to “upswell” mentoring services, is the singly WORST thing you can do to launch your real estate career.  

It seems that everyone has their opinions on how to start out and I am truly grateful for your insight.

Obviously delegating responsibility is an absolute necessity, but I have vetoed the opinion of my PM before. 

In my opinion, there are two reasons that someone might use one:1.

She has both our opinions (yours: cash out and invest in low cost property in Midwest, mine: cash out investing in something other than RE).  

In our opinion, 523 is a Class D Tenant Score. 

Always good to get a better opinion on it.

@Myrtle Mike Thompson hit in on the head.we did around 145k in our two beach houses this year but we bought two 4/4's for $570k that are worth around 1.2mm right now and used mostly cash, leverage of around 200k from a portfolio- total on them.deals are out there but in my opinion you need a good realtor for boots on the ground and insert yourself into the market your looking to buy.

Hey David,In my opinion I think that you should try Propstream.I say that because you receive a bigger bang for your buck.When you work with Propstream you receive access to a wide range of tools and resources.