I don’t know if I should invest in the Jersey market and put maybe 20-50% down on something, make less cash flow and make more appreciation, or every two years or so maybe buy something fully cash (my own $) in the Midwest let’s say 5-10 units and make more cash flow with no debt as with the income I make I can just save and buy more, don’t necessarily need to leverage in some markets.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

With that, I want to ensure that my approach to real estate is starting with the niche that generates faster returns from the beginning) as a rough example:I can buy Focal Utopia headphones for 8K or I can buy headphones from kmart for $25.

build it instead of buying it. especially in the 5-50 range you are going to get garbage that's 80-120 years old in c neighborhoods. i can find land in almost any zip code and make the numbers work in columbus. or partner on a project locally. just my 2 cents but build to rent is much stronger right now in my opinion in columbus than buying existing assets 

But we did not buy.  

Investment Info:Mobile home buy & hold investment.

There are options to work with the title company after purchase (60 days) to buy it with conventional financing and then shift the property into an LLC with a quitclaim deed to get the same effect as purchasing with your LLC but you get the advantage of better rates with the conventional loan.

I have been a buy and hold investor on the north side since 2011 and worked with over 200+ house hackers

., buying and selling your own property, managing property owned by your employer)Thanks in advance! 

As long as the lender can finance in the state that you want to buy in, then work with them.