Once you are familiar with what a good investment looks like, then you can create a rule of thumb to help you analyze property faster and only dig deep on the ones that look promising.Here's a guide that describes what good cash flow looks like and how to analyze a property.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...

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Being able to shuffle leads from MTR to MTR is a huge bonus and you can benefit from the economies of scale faster. 

The numbers can be adjusted for taking more from the HELOC to do repairs and add furnishings, but I think it's fair to say that $1880 + $700 - (cost to borrow for repairs and furnishings) will be at or greater than the original $2300 in profit form the single house.5.

It is much faster than sanding. 

San Antonio is hot in the summer.I will compare my return on San Diego purchases against any market, but if you plan to buy rent ready, I think many markets will beat San Diego in the short term.  10 years or more out, I suspect few markets will beat San Diego.  

3 of my properties beat your CA gross rent!

Exactly if its a hot deal cash just means you beat out the next guy who needs financing does not mean deep discount .. at least in markets were RE is sought after.

So my investment thesis is that during the next crash (which is likely soon), RE will be at its lowest while crypto is at its highest.

The Polywood discount is hard to beat.