@Leo Kwok Good to hear the story and would like to know the financial side of your project, do you pay the purchase and fix all cash or other funding method?

My current strategy is similar to many, targeting long term rentals for single family houses and 2-4 plexes, acquiring with the BRRR method when possible.

I am a real estate investor from South Africa and will shortly be relocating to San Diego.My primary interest is the BRRRR method with an emphasis on small multifamily properties (2-4 units).

But it is proven method in movies.

Always felt the "nomad" method/live-in to rental was better for starting off and scaling. 

@Arlan Potter that’s brilliant idea!

If you want to learn some more about the Joint Venture method I mentioned above, my recent Bigger Pockets article on protecting yourself in a joint venture could be useful for your research.

You also may want to look into the HELOC method in hacking your mortgage down in a quick ammount of time.  

If you have positive cash flow, the money is coming from the tenant, so this method of analysis, or most other typical methods of financial analysis, isn't valid here.

We have 19 accuired 19 doors using the BRRRR method mostly. 4 duplexes and the rest are SFH's.