Hi Kevin,I'm a big fan of buying with cash and my thought process is quite contrary to everyone else's.Cash is KingCashflow is QueenLeverage can be a peasant lolOne can retire investing in Toledo with $1m in cash.Off-course, this all depends on how many villages you need to feed 🤓I have too many "villagers" on my back so it's a bit of a different story for me.Sub $100,000 markets like Toledo require volume to work and to be worth the risk if you are looking to buy and hold.Not much growth potential long term so I would consider it a strict cashflow play.Start slow and small and you can always scale up once you learn the market.Or call it quits and exit if you decide it's not for you.IMO, leverage should only be used to scale a portfolio and only after you have immersed yourself enough in a specific market.And only once you have decided that you want to stick around in that specific market and invest in it long term.Over the years, I've witnessed many folks use leverage and attempt BRRRR out of state only to fall short and say "the market sucks and it doesn't work".Nothing works unless you make it work and a market like Toledo can work better than any other market I know from a cashflow perspective.I've been investing since 2014 and flipped hundreds along with currently managing 400 SFH.Only this year have I started buying small multifamily properties.It's an adjustment and a different animal but let's just say it's in the same breed of animal lolImmerse yourself in a specific market and become an "expert" on the numbers in that market.Find off market deals, negotiate hard, buy with cash and buy quickly.You make money when you buy and not when you sell so you must buy cheap.There are many ways to skin a cat mate and this is how I get my fur lolWishing you much success

That's a very different animal.

Rental property characteristics can vary dramatically from street to street. 

@Jeff Shu can already tell this is NOT a great tenant.Maybe a "good" one, but not great.Even if you cover with gravel:1) How will that stop animals from defecating?

It really is a different animal than either long term or short term rentals so it's best to seek advice from others with experience in this niche.

Previously I had learned about junior mortgages, but Dean's course focused on first mortgages, which I did not have any experience and are a different animal than seconds or junior liens.

I do not have much knowledge on real estate but I am the hitting  books: BRRRR by David Greene, Estimating Rehab cost by J.Scott, Investing real estate with no/low money down by Brandon Turner and finally, Rental property investing by Brandon Turner.Outside of real estate, I enjoy swimming, bike riding, watching anime, playing video games and interests in the stock/house market.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

Actually, the majority probably are somewhat reasonable in their expectations and although their questions may smack of naivety, they just want some knowledge at to real estate investing.However, for the minority that come to the forum with an “attitude”, they seem to possess all the negative characteristics of entitlement.  

Quckbooks was created for a much bigger animal than RE investors.

Commercial lending is almost a different animal.