I've been toying with the idea of getting into rentals as some more supplemental income, and although I've struggled with the math as far as justification, i believe the main reasons folks here by rentals (please correct if I'm wrong) are: Cashflow (although I've seen people do deals eg on Roofstock for only $100-200/mo) + appreciation (when sold) + taxesSo assuming I'm correct there, then the potential tax benefits are 30% of the reason to do rentals.

By trade, I am an Family Law Attorney; however, Real Estate is my main passion, so I made the switch about a year and half ago.  

My main question was: When I'm looking at numbers (and say I'm targeting a MFU listed around $80k for instance), if I pay for the multi-family unit using a HELOC from my primary residence, do I load that number into my calculations as "cash to close?" 

I also invest mainly in Des Moines off you’d ever like to meet up reach out.

My 2 main goals with real estate is to start up a wholesale and rehab business along with acquiring many rental properties to build my passive income.

If it's purely/mainly from extra money you've put into it, then that hardly counts, right?

I’m looking at becoming a part time realtor along with mainly property management.

I’ve come to realize that real estate assignments and double closings are not their primary business and my guess is maybe they’re swamped with whatever their main focus is.

Are there any features that you wish were available to you that would make your job easier?

I reached out to one of my main contacts and he said that these programs no longer exist, sorry!