Most financial experts end up suggesting you need a cash stash equal to six months of expenses: If you need $5,000 to survive every month, save $30,000.

Owner financing, save for down-payment, get owner to take back a 2nd for downpayment etc.Read, study, get a mentor, take @Luke Carl and @Avery Carl out to lunch and their  brains.I am a bit overextended already, and while I have some cash stashed away, I am not all the way there on a full investment property down payment. 

I'm down to 3,500 on my truck payment now and will be taking that 500 a month to stash away for my first duplex in a couple years or less!

Currently deployed overseas, and trying to either stash cash away for a good real estate investment, or do I get completely debt free and then start?

When we started stashing it in there it was 2.9% APR!   

Hi BP community, 
Turning to the pros here in OZ.  As I mentioned in a previous post, we entered into a PSA with an affordable housing dev group.  When the list came out from the state of all applicants we shook out ...

Here's the formula as I've learned it firsthand:people crammed in because you told them it "sleeps" n  X  1.25 people in there_________________________________________________________________________                   =       MUCH Less Profitthe dollar value you have to spend on replacing your beat-to-hell furniture et alNot very scientific, I know, but let them discover the couch beds and futons and inflatable mattresses (or whatever else you have stashed there for unexpected guests) themselves. 

Or maybe they had a big stash of cash for a down payment so they didn't need to pay it back, or maybe they are handy and could buy a fixer-upper and quickly make improvements to drive higher rents.But for someone like me...I'm having trouble seeing how to get started.

But other factors may play if you rented out a portion of your house as a rental and took depreciation.You need to consult with a qualified CPA to make sure it's all being treated properly.On the positive side, with over 250k in taxable capital gains from the sale of a primary residence, you should be sure to stash some for the taxes that will be due. 

Just because they go knocking at doors doesn't mean the word would not get out, just because they ask doesn't mean they get it or could find it as people would stash them off site and could get them later.