Here is my approach to finding an area:I search by zip code and filter for zip codes where the population grew and the unemployment rate declined in the past 5 years.For the left-over zip codes, I look for low price-to-rent ratios.

I'm hoping success stories for this approach come pouring in.Feel free to tell me if I'm over-complicating this beast.  

Also, my retirement is approaching, summer of 2023.

I'd like to try to do some transactions, and was wondering what the best approach would be. 

To mitigate a "poor financial" decision and to "become a slave to a dream-turned-nightmare" sounds like a really depressed and pessimistic approach. 

I have helped many owners of rentals reposition their portfolios with this approach.

1) Be forced to start investing in small deals that will earn me negligible monthly cashflow to gain "experience" in the eyes of commercial lenders2) Continue to sack away capital year after year until I have cash reserves that will allow me to obtain a commercial loanI have heard some people say that they found co-signers on the loan who have high net worth but the last thing I want to do is approach family or friends with this when so many of them are also young professionals with little net worth or are highly leveraged and busy business owners. 

Hey everyone,I'm working my through a fairly familiar scenario, looking to jump into the brave world of multi-family REI without having the seemingly $100k+ in liquidity to start out with.One strategy I'm considering ...

Is it best to approach a title company about doing a search and making sure the property would be eligible for title insurance?  

We discovered this deal by being approached by the same couple my fiancé and I purchased our last duplex property from.