I put in a bit of sweet equity; refurbished an exposed brick wall, replaced out-dated AC unit and furnace.

I put in a bit of sweet equity; refurbished an exposed brick wall, replaced out-dated AC unit and furnace.

I'll be short and sweet as I imagine there are tons of new Intros every day here.

Oh sweet summer children. 

They also love dogs, so we were able to get a puppy like we had been hoping to get for about a year.)

You should do some research to see where the sweet spot is in your area. 

70-80->115 in a year sure sounds sweet :)i can understand what you are saying, long term hold without a loan, but why not try to find a deal where you can profit from both a rise in the house price and the rent?

In order to make it in today's market you'd definititely need to "buy some cashflow" (higher downpayment) targetting  the right SFH that sits dead center in the sweet spot that families are looking for. 

Sweet spot seems to be 40-80 units.

Here are some words from our Sweet Home Chicago.