BP has done such a great job of promoting SFR investing to the masses, that those masses have pushed up real estate prices to where it's now DIFFICULT to cashflow right away.Keep going, but understand you won't get rich in real estate overnight - it's a long-term wealth building strategy.For the short-term, recommend joining a few in-person investor meetings if possible, otherwise online ones.

Tom Cruz promotes that naive, inexperienced investors should buy Class D rentals and somehow rent them to S8 tenants. - Won't work unless you REALLY know a market and have the proper connections!

For our purposes it's all for an income stream. 

I'm not understanding the purpose of wanting to refi.As for the phone calls, look up trigger leads and how to opt out.

@Elizabeth Leb Every dollar of that $20k needs a purpose.

Here’s an example, I just took a trip across the country, and decided to visit some “popular“ OOS investment neighborhoods that are promoted here on BP.

If so, what’s the purpose of that holding company, assuming anonymity is not a priority?

New construction requirements are for the sole purpose of keeping the trades working, elec, plumbing, mech, siding.

@David Lecko: I appreciate your dealing directly with these "complaints" Personally, I find it to be a very useful tool for the purposes I use it.

I didn't have much money, and not much experience but I used my background in finance to put together a syndication and buy an old office building and drive thru on .59 acres with the purpose of developing housing.My passion was creating housing in a city with under 2% vacancy and skyrocketing housing costs.