You can stop, regroup, wait on your DSCR to improve....or you can keep going by using another tool in the old tool belt.

The builder who took the 20% stopped responses and claimed he was bankrupt. 

To continue with the 8-unit example, you again end up spending many multiples of these costs to build a comparable portfolio of single family properties.Another disadvantage of single family properties is that there is only one tenant per building and if they stop paying or if there is a vacancy, the entire cost of that property is on you and your wallet until you can fill that vacancy and get the rent coming in again.

;)Let me use a different example, and I will stop repeating myself after that.

Start with $8K through FHA loans, joint ventures, private money loans, crowdfunding platforms, and BRRRR strategy.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

That means there are sometimes you have to get people off the list who are not opening your emails, or buying anymore, and add people who were buying years ago stopped, and now are back in.

Gotta say, the discussions here have been pretty informative, especially with folks like @Taylor L. and Andrew sharing their insights.Looking at your list, I’ve actually known invetors who recently ventured into Memphis and Greensboro.

I do have a JV (joint venture) partner that I do all this through.

Differ the maintenance on the property to stop the cashflow bleed and hope for appreciation to save the day.