Multi-family properties, like duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes, let you live in one unit and rent out the others, which could make you more money in rent.When it comes to financial planning, it's important to assess your financial situation, calculate your down payment, closing costs, and ongoing expenses, and leverage VA loan benefits effectively to enhance your buying power.

In your new area, you may develop a profitable real estate portfolio with tenacity, endurance, and a calculated strategy.Good luck!

Ask the next agent that claims they work with investors to explain to you ROI and cash-on-cash calculations.

What I am currently doing: connecting with as many people as possible (lenders, agents, other investors, wholesalers, no contractors yet but it's on my list), continually looking for properties and getting comfortable analyzing them, educating myself on the numbers side of things, using the flip BP calculator, learning about the market I want to invest in, viewing a few properties with an agent to get the feel of that, I have not allowed my credit to be run or any pre-approvals. 

Calculate the expected cash flow after accounting for mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, vacancies, property management, and other expenses.

How are my taxes calculated and what years would I pay for the profit I make?

Some that I have found seem to do it all including locate properties, generate leads, and some just run the numbers and generate reports.So far I have looked at these:Sure, here are the links to the mentioned real estate investment analysis software:DealCheck: DealCheck is a comprehensive real estate analysis software that allows investors to analyze properties, estimate rental income, calculate cash flow, and evaluate potential returns.

How would you calculate the minimum monthly payment be at for 15% and a balance of $10K?

What are the capital gains calculated based on (sale price on purchase agreement)?

Are there any online calculators to analyze CF to get a good picture?