**Maryvale** - Offering some of the best price points for entry-level flippers4.

They like that.My super duper, proprietary "Quick Calc Pro" spreadsheet tells me in minutes what price I can pay for the property, what my cash flow will be, what my entry fee is, how much I can wholesale or fix & flip it for, how much to give the seller, and a ton of other items that only someone deranged and experienced would care to know.

It's great for cashflow and our entry level costs are lower than a lot of other markets.

In North Jersey, buying is difficult from my beginner perspective with high prices, property tax, etc.Barrier to entry feels high in my area.

OKC and Birmingham markets both offer some great opportunities and good entry prices for new investors.

3X is a GREAT entry for most as long as it's not a sinking ship or with crushing overhead and miniscule margins. 4X-7X is a normalized range for acquiring many different business's.  3X earnings?  

There are actually some solid markets with reasonable points of entry in upstate NY from my understanding.

So the barrier to entry is not as high as traditional investments.

As you're just starting out in Austin, focus on learning the local market, particularly areas with good rental demand and lower entry prices.

There are different approaches to this: you could go to work for a large PE firm starting at their entry-level rung on the ladder and working your way up.