$200 per door, $100 is too skinny, it's very risky in case a big ticket item or eviction occurs.

Deals happen year-round.

Our economy is still recovering from the last round of damage caused by Wall Street.

You sound like a well-rounded real estate investor.  

Don't go cash poor by buying another house, you have to ensure you have some capital reserves to fix some of the bigger ticket items if they go bad in the rental.  

We also drove through those areas to get a good feel for what my areas are actually like and I have begun going to showings for properties that pass my first round of analysis. 

I've attended the occasional REIA meetings and workshops, but unless you're attending these meetings for decades, you will NEVER have as well-rounded of an education as you can get from Renatus in a month or two.

My parents own two rentals that I help manage, but until recently, I hadn’t realized that this type of asset could be my ticket to financial freedom.I began my search in early 2015 to find my first rental property to purchase and cash flow in San Diego.

Yes, so I put just over 20% down to make a nice round number of $50k.

The plan now is to get away from all that employee managing and go 100% into real estate.