I also work in the Rochester, NY area providing deals for cash buyers.

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Dilapidated house.

just to be candid - i am very skeptical that a house at that price point will cash flow. 

.), and continue to educate myself on NOI, Cap rate, cash-on -cash return etc.BP community, I am open-minded, willing to take initiative, always willing to be taught something new, but also ready to share any experience or knowledge I have that can help someone else. 

Purchase price: $73,000 Cash invested: $25,000 I was charitable landlord renting to single mom below market rents.

But if you want to use a conservative approach and use the extra cash flow to pay off debt versus further investing, I think that's a very legitimate way to go about it.

I wouldn't consider buying real estate if I didn't have $160K cash in hand.

Been looking into building out an IDX lead generation website and I stumbled upon software called Mashvisor, it claims to integrate into your IDX website and calculate Cap Rates / Cash Outlay, Etc etc.

Cash flowing markets, low taxes, landlord friendly and large demand in renters. 

Private notes require more work than Stocks / Bonds, is the added return worth the extra work?