There’s a ton of investment pouring in, job growth, and a growing demand for housing.

With patience, resilience, and a willingness to learn from experience, you can overcome these obstacles and set yourself up for success.

And as I explained earlier, your investment is protected by real property, so your risk is extremely low. 

It is very important that the Wrap Mortgage is written at market terms using a knowledgeable attorney, an RMLO, and a servicing entity.These have risk and I'm not saying a new investor should go out and do them. 

You could build a crazy amount of wealth and a great career doing that.

. - Despite 3 tenants in under 3 years, it has done very well for us and has only been "vacant" for 15 days in that period, and has great cash flow, ~$1000/mo due to ~50% equity in the property, and a low covid-era interest rate. - I have been saving ALL of my cashflow into its own account to accumulate to buy the next rental (totaling ~$24,000).

Go straight into focusing on creative finance, subject to, and minimal cash down deals and build from there.I want to hear your thoughts on what direction to take here if you were in my shoes given these constraints (full time job and a few thousand saved) and you want to optimize for passive income first, then value appreciation?

8%-11% is pretty standard here and as someone mentioned it really just depends on how the company is run.

I also practice as a Realtor because I enjoy it and it is extra income.So as an investor, your options are to get your RE license and have access to a lot of tools and do the research yourself (therefore you're paying with time, energy and a little money) or you work with a great realtor/investor in the specific market you're looking into.

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