Because real estate is a long-term investment, the initial return is not as important as what happens over the long term.We employ three basic strategies to enable clients to achieve positive cash flow, in addition to selecting performing properties.

Investment realtors are not “investor-friendly” realtors.Residential (or “investor-friendly”) realtors enable people to buy or sell homes.

Technology has enabled communication with a remote CPA through phone calls, emails, skype etc.

So I am trying to be reasonable but all these service requests etc are eating into the cash flow and I believe I have been enabling a "terrorist".

Have a conversation with your Attorney and Insurance agent and determine who should be listed on the policy to enable defense costs to be covered in a lawsuit.  

If you have $500,000, and good credit, it’s possible, if you’re careful and do the research and have awesome credit (750 or higher) to get a commercial loan at 4% enabling you to purchase $2million worth of property that “passively” covers your mortgage and expenses and sheds $10k in profit per month.

In these cities, your financial resources will go a long way enabling you to assemble a diverse multifamily portfolio and initiate a steady stream of income.

And we bought another 3plex a year after, and living rent free in one, and having free cash flow of $1,500/month on the 2nd one which enabled my wife to quit her job 2 years later.

The system allows you to enable and disable door access remotely.

I built a 12-door portfolio in Detroit in 2.5 years and my HELOC was by far my most valuable tool that enabled me to do that so quickly.Get a primary, reduce your living costs via house hacking (if you're young and your lifestyle makes sense to do so), and build equity that you can leverage down the road to build a rental portfolio.