In the current market, it's pretty much impossible to have any positive cash flow in the 2-4 unit space with long term rentals, unless you're putting ~40-50% down, not only focused on the cash flow per se, but rather simply not being in the negative.

Hi Marcus,There are many ways to skin a cat per se lolPersonally, I'd rather have volume and 10 "in da hood" where the numbers don't lie and where I know what I'm doing.Then buying using a tonne of leverage and hoping the market will appreciate."

of the "great photo" examples having calendars that are wiiiiiiide open, with barely a booking on them.Fair enough, I pulled these from first page results of nation wide searches (it was skewed SE for me because I mainly look in those areas) so they obviously rank very high on the algorithm.

@Brett Danehey, this is a great idea, and I think your categorization by NW/SW/NE/SE is good. 

its not the notes per se its the assets securing them.. this model has been tried many times and it fails most every time..

I have some who will simply lend 100% of PP and 100% of Rehab  up to 70-75% of ARV in parts of the midwest and SE - feel free to shoot me a DM and we can discuss! 

Landlord had to move to a different state to have better access to healthcare, i.e. did not move by choice per se.

Each market, each submarket and each mall will dictate the use of this space.I don't think online shopping, per se, is killing malls.  

The "best market" is less about the market per se and more about the deal you're able to find in my opinion.

Additionally, I wholesale deals and we buy & hold in SE Wisconsin.