I give more weight to the straight Cash Flow number.

If you start with a 2-4 unit property and get it rent ready and spend a little time getting your systems in place for how you want to manage it and building your team you will be able to just repeat this process over and over again either with more small properties starting out or gradually increasing the size of the properties until you’re comfortable doing 10,15,20 or more units in one purchase.

But I don’t give it primary weight.

I am not planning on quitting my day job anytime soon but rather my hope is to gradually grow the amount of income I am able to bring in over the next 5 years to be in a position to make Real Estate my full time gig. 

My plan was to gradually raise rents to market rate over a two-year period, which would generate a cash flow of $200 in two years with a 7 percent interest rate.The seller is firm on the purchase price and has cash offers as backups if our agreement falls through, but we are currently under contract.Pls let me any additional info needed, as this is my first post. 

While I appreciate the initial concept, a gradual approach might be more prudent.

We have also noticed we have much better outcomes using FB over google. while we use both our ad spend is weighted heavier to FB than google because of that. 

My investment strategy revolves around viewing cash flow as a tool to build reserves for both short and long-term capital expenditures.One key aspect of wealth accumulation in real estate, as you rightly mentioned, is the gradual reduction of your principal mortgage balance by others and the accrual of forced equity and natural equity through market appreciation.I operate Elevation Appraisal in the valley and serve as an agent with Windermere Bozeman.

My personal credit is nearing 800, and our businesses have established relationships with several banks' commercial departments where all of the financial responsibilities have been met over time on our part, but I didn't know if ultimately, an entity could have an independent credit rating.I have an account at a local lumber yard that reports to Dunn and Bradstreet, but upon further research, Dunn and Bradstreet didn't appear to hold much weight from the brief digging that I did.  

One was 5 tons over weight!