The key is scale up using as little of your own funds as possible.

The tradeoff is tenant quality (SFR) for scale (MF). 

In a short period, she's already systematized my friends business and freed up his time enough to scale much larger.I know she's a benefit, but is there a market? 

We currently have 5 houses in different stages of repair and are looking to scale to where we will have 8-10 properties at a time.

I ask because I figure that as a foreigner, investing in US property is not ideal from a cash flow perspective unless you're scaling with multiple properties.

In my onion this is your best choice.You add value on the 4 unit that needed some workOnce you refinance, you can pay your HELOC backYou said you want to scale, in 6 months you can start againIts great you have goals.

With so much great info to share, some of the speakers went over their allotted time and others were forced to start late and had to scale back their talk , but they still managed to provide us with lots of information.

Hey BP community,I was listening to a podcast here on BP (episode 181: Finding Deals and Scaling in a Competitive Market) and the special guest talked about a good way to get feelers for where the competition is flipping properties in your market.

@Jen TeskeI don't know the area so I can't speak about the market you're in, but just by looking at the #s, you're missing a few things: Water, Sewer, Heat, Electric, Gas, Trash, Lawn/Snow removal, Cap Ex, Property Management (even if you're self managing, this needs to be factored in if you want to scale), and although you did include vacancy, if a real vacancy were to occur on a SF you'd have a 100% vacancy, making it negative cashflow since you'd have to cover all the expenses, not knowing when it'll be filled again. 

The existing homes are moderately up-scale.