The property should be worth about 125k after complete gut and renovate.  

Purchase price: $1,000 Cash invested: $1,000 Sale price: $4,500 Wrote letter to off market property land owners.

Near Centerville/Kettering you can find some great A/B class properties with good tenants.In terms of cash vs financing, if one of you is a US citizen, you can still qualify for a conventional loan with your current income.

Make sure your first property has strong fundamentals—good location, cash flow, and potential for appreciation.

Cameron,One of the faster ways to become cash fluid and have enough to buy a few REI is to get your real estate license. 

Purchase price: $485,000 Cash invested: $25,000 This is our House Hack / Airbnb that we currently live in.

looking the condo price in the city dropped a lot in the past 3-4 years, specially after covid. I am wondering if it is time to go back to the market, I know renting probably will not be easy... 

It was a learning curve for them but well worth it.

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

DMU is the closest to a campus environment, but it's small and it will be relocating to West Des Moines soon so I'm not sure what that means for those apartments...Maybe Ames is worth a look if you are actually looking for college rentals.