It is rare for a builder of our size to have no bank debt.

The cash flow portion of real estate is often related to risk and sweat equity, which is a different aspect of investment.

Home was nice 4 Bed 3Bth under $550K with a decent size lot/yard and it only required 5% down as a New primary.Now I am not sure how big of a home you need but as you can see $100K covers much more in a scenario like that one above. 

What size MFH are you looking at?

Where are you doing most of your multi-family investing and what size properties?

Gross profit is interesting because it appears to just be the difference in his acquisition and sales price and fails to take into account the other obvious cost of running that business which includes, again according to him, the cost of over 26,000 letter print, mail, post, and the cost of the lists needed to create a mailer of that size. 

Even though I had a full size W/D on site, I still used this method.....

The biggest risk I see is one decent size hiccup and they could be toast.

There, you'll find detailed information on investing, both in general and specifically in Las Vegas.Before I continue, note that unless otherwise noted, the charts only include properties that match the following profile.Type: Single-familyConfiguration: 1,000 SF to 3,000 SF, 2+ bedrooms, 2+ baths, 2+ garages, minimum lot size is 3,000 SF.Price range: $320,000 to $475,000Location: All zip codes marked in green below have one or more of our client’s investment properties.What we are seeing:The chart below, from the MLS, includes ALL property types and price ranges.

I felt like I needed to "graduate" and we spent some time looking at medium size apartment buildings.