With your balance sheet and cash, you can put together creative deals without giving up equity and without using your cash but you are going to need to find a market and product which has 7-8% cap rates.I invest in the northeast, Great Lakes area.Diverse economies with education, healthcare as the back bone and tech as growth.In your area, you’ll have to raise way more capital in the form of equity just to meet DSCR with the banks.

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't do.General Tips:  If you have the ability to manage a small 4 plex when you start, it can be an invaluable education. 

.: Well, what do you think about people that make a slightly educational post then have one of their VA’s on a different Bigger pocket account ask a question about the services that the OP provides and the OP makes a layout of the services they offer?

That's why it is important to educate yourself and find a mentor.

But always get educated, numbers don't lie.Thanks again for everyone's input.   

good for you on getting educated.

If it were me I would give them two or three months and respectfully answer their questions but also let them know what your ground rules are regarding taking calls and how you handle things - in other words be polite and also educative as to how you handle things.Good Luck!

Basically, it turned off our furnace and I watched until temps started hitting 56F inside, then reached out gently to educate that our AC (blower) is disabled in the winter and the furnace needs to stay on.Hang in there.

Being patient with the deals you want to invest in and expanding on your education to know what a 'good' deal really looks like.

I'm also looking to get my hands on a good calculator for short term rentals since I'm terrible with Excel and only have a calculator for long term rentals that I know is missing sections that are specific to short term.Any help you can give me would be very much appreciated :) BiggerPockets has an Airbnb calculator, and I see that you're a pro member.Since you've read the STR book and done other education, you know HOW to pick a market lol.