Understand your financial capacity to invest in a property and estimate your monthly expenses accurately.Kansas City is rapidly growing- lots of employment opportunities and housing demand.

Personally we don't do anything more than 50% leverage and right now we are right around 20% leveraged on our entire $4mm portfolio.i don't understand how people do all these 0,10-20% leverage deals and max out with little to no cash flow but have "100 doors" we have 20 doors but they are all high quality homes.Was an intensive grind and a lot of cash but I wouldn't trade our journey for anything -14 years later were at 20% leverage on our portfolio and dropping rapidly every month

Average weekly wages were at $1574, 7% higher than the national average.EditSignEmplyemnt was positive across nearly all categories, most notably in Education and Health services.EditSignAverage spending distribution remained lower than overall US, and despite the rapid growth in the City over the last 3 years, spending on housing costs is still lower than the national average by 11%.EditSignReal estate activity, unlike most markets, is remaining more energetic than most markets.

Was working at a mortgage company in 2007 and we started to see DOM rapidly increasing in many markets around the country and SP/LP ratios dropping. 

I am a business owner from Grand Rapids, MI with ~100 employees, and I have read several Robert Kiyossaki books, (increase your financial IQ, Cash flow Quadrant, Loopholes of Real estate and a couple more)  I am just recently diving in head first on real estate investing.  

I did talk to a bank about pulling some out - unfortunately, I've only owned it six years and the market up here does not appreciate rapidly.

Hello everyone,I am currently seeking recommendations for a realtor/property manager in the Grand Rapids area.  

I've sort of been thinking that I might do a big renovation in a few years on the property I've had longest (nearly 15 years) -- it's the smallest house with the lowest rent, in the most rapidly appreciating neighborhood -- and then sell it. 

Personally, based on my research, I feel like if you are fully aware of the permitting and inspection requirements in your market of choice, the costs of getting up and running will be taken care of very rapidly if you are planning to pursue shipping container construction as a model.  

My husband and I are brand new to REI and we're looking for our first single family rental property in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.