Thats my pure spec view though.I put 2% for 75% of my properties, and -2% for 25% of my properties.

If you want to start using your current card purely for business, you can do that.

The extent of my knowledge of real estate is purely from the home buying process I went through when I purchased the NJ co-op apartment in which I currently live.

I’m purely interested in total return and don’t plan to live on the property, but positive cash flow is of course nice. 

Our government is effectively making the most stable investment in the world a pure gamble without. 

Meaning, does the $897/month figure also include utility costs or is that figure purely rent?

Sam J. this sounds fantastic and I wish there was someone in the KC area who thought about it this way, but on the other hand if I were a PM company, I really am not sure I'd be so interested in managing purely for the monthly % and lease-up fees if I could also start getting into maintenance as an additional profit center...Has anyone ever struck a deal with a PM to take their "earnings" in equity in the property rather than in cash?

Strategically buying and holding into emerging path of progress is how real estate millionaires are made.It is rare that I have seen real estate millionaires who are purely flippers or 2% 50% cash flow investors with little chance of appreciation, although they certainly do exist, but extremely rare.  

Hi BP,My first post :)I started in Dec 2019 and am now up to 3.9k a month in pure cash flow.

If not, you could buy a primary residence with the intent to at a later date turn it into a pure reno ... if so, you could turn it into a rental and invest in your next primary residence without selling ... this way, you could secure a property with as little as 3.5% down on much higher quality assets that have a much better chance at appreciation and you could add some value to via sweat equity and control hands on since they are near to you ... much better strategy IMO ... never underestimate the power of your home court advantage investing locally, or conversely the disadvantage you face going out of state.