I'm at a point I'm sure many other new investors in BP are at where significant time self educating has been spent, but are struggling with the lack of experience or network to make some of the strategies and guidelines recommended work in the near future.Going back through podcasts and posts led me to @Brian Burke's blog post from several years ago about needing base hits before you can get the grand slam.

The trick is not to be over leveraged. 

Should I pay for the multi-family in cash or buy multiple apartment buildings by leveraging the proceeds from the SFRs?

You are committing time to learning and researching which puts you closer to 'jumping', so to speak.Committed investors are always looking, researching, thinking, building networks with key people (bankers, agents, contractors, other investors, etc) to educate themselves and prepare themselves for when the time IS right for them to jump (that could be today, next week or next year).

You are committing time to learning and researching which puts you closer to 'jumping', so to speak.Committed investors are always looking, researching, thinking, building networks with key people (bankers, agents, contractors, other investors, etc) to educate themselves and prepare themselves for when the time IS right for them to jump (that could be today, next week or next year).

IMO, you'd be better off taking $5k, 10k or 50K and investing it in EDUCATION. 

There are conventional products that will leverage all of the housing units on the property.

There is nothing wrong with that but that is not the typical way to buy investment real estate and you lose the advantage of leverage.

My name is Nathan Story, I’m currently working with my partner on educating ourselves and learning as much as we can before we decide to progress with our investments.

Our agreements at Better Coast leverage volume to get great prices and service.