Meanwhile my market has produced a fantastic buying situation, but I am terrified.

I'm a music producer/engineer/songwriter (a successful one, thankfully :mrgreen:) , getting into REI as a source of supplemental income, although the more I learn about it, the more time I'm interested in investing in it, so who knows, maybe one day the percentages will be reversed...

I'm aware you need to factor in vacancies, maintenance, etc. but I'm suprissed to hear 50%.I thought the general rule was a rental property should produce at least .8% gross rental income.

It could be to produce income.

It takes about a gallon of gas to produce a gallon of ethanol.2.

Both can have significant cash reserves but not the ability to produce the needed documents plus 3 years of credit history in the US.

They want to know what the property produces, not what it might produce if things go well.John Corey

I have incredible buying opportunities and dont want to always wholesale everything.

:D This is when women develop cysts in their ovaries ... and it is the leading cause of infertility in women.I've developed models that seem to produce cysts like those in women with PCOS.

But, you have to realize that's a job, and you're income is limited by the amount of output you can produce with your hands.If you want to stay in real estate, and you were good at finding deals, wholesale.