Keep liquid reserves from the start (issues like to crop up right away).  

We're in the process of liquidating our Ontario portfolio, which consists of four properties.

Short of selling my entire portfolio, the liquid capital for the down-payment remains unattainable. 

Last but not least....A few members in replies have already mentioned why it makes sense to hold…….I very much appreciate ALL FEEDBACK, however I think it will be helpful to provide some added context as to why I am absolutely certain (and my CPA’s are convinced as well) on my decision to liquidate the entire portfolio and onceAs I educate clients on daily, income tax brackets as well as long term capital gain tax brackets in our country are more favorable right now than they've been at any point in the past 80 years.

I think the big question is how badly do you want to keep the extra $50k liquid?

Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Hi Zach,There’s plenty of options to acquire realestate in the states.Your income does not matter as much as your liquid capital for a down payment, for foreign investors we are looking at 30-35% down payment on DSCR loans. 

He has 80% liquidity to move into investment real estate and not 50-60%.

It seems like I need to check further away from the DMV area.My feelings are if you want “cash flow” you should buy a bond (I really like the tips rate right now) there is next to no reason to buy real estate for cash flow, if you are going to buy you should buy with appreciation in mind, which is not to say that’s the route I’d go, I’ve been liquidating properties to put in stocks and money market funds over the last few years and u just did the math and I’ve come out well ahead, but just to say there are arguments for stocks/bonds, there are arguments for levered appreciation, but the cap rates pretty much anywhere aren’t worth it vs an inflation protected bond, especially since a 3/rd of inflation is real estate anywhere, you could get “cash flow” and inflation protection much easier through a tips.

Realistically if you have around $18,000-$22,000 liquid per house and its at least drawing even you eliminate the vast majority of issues people run into with over leveraging.

Your buyer pool is essentially reduced to cash buyers, and a savvy cash buyer will figure out why they are the only offer on the table, and reduce what they are willing to offer in turn (since they know they can't refi to pull the liquidity back out of the house for redeployment elsewhere).