It checks all the boxes that make a great long term investment3/2 or 4/2All brickNo pool or basementNo large deckNewer than 2000Not in a floodzoneNear shopping and the interstateBonus points if you can find something with a garage How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Cold calling and door knocking.

My wife hit one end of our garage door before the garage opened fully.

I personally have 12-doors there and focused on the BRRRR method when I was building my portfolio.

A good option to get your foot in the door might be to house hack and rent by the room.

Hey Kamari,House-hacking is one of the best ways to get your foot in the door of investing.

You should be well over 100 hours for the year and more than your cleaners if you are responding to all of the inquiries, changing doors codes, ordering supplies etc.

Now you have to hope someone will want to live next door to this junky property. 

I just had a large group check out and our cleaner informed us that while most of it was what you'd expect from a large group, the bunk room had two sets of bloodied sheets, imprints on the black out shades, multiple chalk drawings on the garage floor, various towels used to remove makeup, various dirt handprints on the walls, and didn't run the dishwasher.

However, he still has some items (TV, bags) in the garage.