. $2,500 monthly rent (not subtracting monthly expenses and mortgage payments yet) is $30,000 annually which is 5.3% return.

Where I live is extremely expensive and pay is not up to par.

Otherwise they'll go nuts when your expenses have risen so much over time that you have to increase by a lot. 1% 0.5%, something. 

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Here's my experience summarized about the Midwest. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1165499-whats...The "cash flow on paper" for Class C Midwest (which is almost non-existent with 7% interest rates) will cost so much in repairs, capital expenses, tenant issues and it won't appreciate enough to make up for the losses.

I believe there are less than 1,000 people in this country who earn more than $100K in profit wholesaling over the last two years, and even that's hard to accurately pinpoint, because most wholesalers, excluding the folks who sell expensive courses, tend to have larger holistic real estate businesses, that include flipping, hold, private lending, turnkey rental sales, construction, and other related businesses. 

I'm planning on house hacking (honestly comfortable renting out bedrooms in say a 4-5 bedroom house) and having that cover all my expenses. 

Even the most expensive market, even the most depressed market.

I assume that drives up rent (and landlord expense).

Paying for taxes because of a misfiling will be more expensive than just getting another CPA.