So you've just got to capture some equity on the front end, at lease 15%+, by buying from motivated sellers, buying distressed properties and rehabbing, etc.However, the guy with 4 houses owned in cash can also probably easily manage them, saving PM fees, whereas the guy with 4x to 5x as many leveraged houses either needs a PM (and will pay them 12-16%, including leasing fees) or will spend many many hours of their life dealing with all the houses.It's also a lot easier to find 4 great below-market deals than 16+.I also like the comment someone made that if they had sufficient capital to buy a portfolio of SFRs outright, they'd probably just be a private lender and capture double-digit returns on a much more time-leveraged basis with less risk and more stability in the income.

You can buy in atlanta and then sell those later on and use the equity capture towards houses where you end up at.The key is getting in now while the prices are still somewhat reasonable and starting to build your experience.But an hour and a half for showings is going to hurt.

I also am a full time chef and don't intend to give up that cash flow.

I'd like to have a top notch site to help capture leads.

Can the Subject property be updated/improved and will those repairs help capture more dollars in the value range of the neighborhood?

My Wife Jena is a graphic designer and put this together =)I love it and I feel like it really captures our branding.Let us know what you think!

@Mike Denham That is great to hear :) It's a nice approach from a brokerage to give home shoppers the information they want, instead of the old agent bait-and-switch by trying to capture them and track those buyers down like wolves!

This may allow you to increase your rent more than inflation and capture higher returns above 1%.

You do not need to adjust your loan, you need to make sure when you renew rents you capture what you can.

When you look at a property you will be seeking a discount from the retail value of the home in order to bring the home current in the market place and thus makes it capable for the home to capture a higher percent of the retail value in the normal marketing time.I like this analogy, where retail value is a glass of water.