On property number one, I would cash flow $750 a month after mortgage, taxes, and insurance if I also rent out the unit I live in.

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

You don’t have to pay $20k+ to learn to broker loans. 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

@John Reagan Johnson hope you don't mind a PMC answering, but most of our clients hire us because:1) They live out of state and don't have time & expertise to remote manage2) They don't have the time to manage3) They don't feel they have the necessary expertise and/or don't want to risk learning as they go and making an expensive mistake.Go read Kiosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant book.

I learned so many lessons and the unfortunate thing is most of them are things I have heard or read before.

Looking to learn anything and everything about the commercial world to hopefully one day be able to become an investor ourselves.

You really have to learn the neighborhoods or work with a sales agent who does.

Nobody watches your money like you do, you'll learn how to manage, so you can manage a manager later and you'll save precious early-years cash flow, which allows you to scale faster, especially in the first 5 years.

I use a spreadsheet I developed to determine my entry costs, carrying costs, cash flow, tax write offs, appreciation and exit costs.