Purchase price: $294,500 Cash invested: $144,000 This was my first commercial MF and off market deal.

If your goal is passive income, it's not going to be in New Jersey when you factor in cost to purchase, management costs, and rent to price ratio, but what you can get is steady appreciation.

Wondering if you have advice on me just being the bank, where I purchase a house and structure a rent to own with him and have him build up a 30% cash down payment and some equity and then me sell the house to him at a locked in price.  

Iv'e been thinking of purchasing this after completing my hours. 

Small investor, looking to purchase one to two single family homes per year over the next 7-10 years? 

I’m looking to purchase a 10 acre parcel either in Columbus, Dahlonega, or Helen.I’d like to live on half the land, and develop the other half into five A frame luxury short term rental units. 

You have to do some work to create real estate specific "Classes" and expense accounts for QB.

Find the REIA group for your areaAs Henry noted, post something specific for your area and tag your market.Get on Loopnet for your area and property type, reach out to the brokers that are listing deals and offer to take to coffee (they are often invested in deals too but you could ask for connections to other operators that might be getting started).And, again as Henry noted, each person you meet, ask them what other networking events they have attended that you can put on your list.

It is also great to change small but specific terms and conditions due to it not being just one tenant anymore.

I had a friend purchase a Vacation home financed with RBC last year.