Once I've completed these initial projects and built up some capital, my long-term goal is to transition into buy-and-hold investments in potentially more affordable markets to maximize cash flow and scale up.Right now, I'm particularly interested in investing locally here in the Seattle metro area.

Cash Flow Management: If you take out additional debt, it's crucial to have a plan for managing your cash flow. 4.

.• This balloon payment will be paid through a cash-out refinance of an investment property valued at $198,000.7.

@Jordan Moorhead I know of many single-asset syndications as well as funds that pay distributions but have negative operational cash flow.

In fact because an IRA kicks off UBIT on leveraged real estate many people opt for private lending until the account has enough to buy real estate in cash if that is their goal. 

Used houses in the area sell anywhere from $75-125 a square foot.These are long term rentals that I do not plan to sell.I am reading the Rental Property Investing book and implementing the method that focuses on cash flow and that strategy states you need to have $300 cash flow per month, per property.

Do you collect cash via PayPal/venmo/Zelle and then refund, or use credit card payment process to allow the guest to pay the deposit by credit card?

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

Most turnkey properties these days are usually cash flowing $200-$250 per month with 25% down.

The investor who bought this home owns an asset that is cash flow positive from day one and one that will benefit from all 5 profit centers of rental property investing for many years to come.