With each property potentially taking over a thousand hours of work over many years and most of your earnings coming from appreciation, be sure to shoot for owning a minimum of 20%–25%.

we just got an estimate from a solar company today, they wanted us to go through the hero program. just running the numbers in my head, i figured out i would pay triple the amount of the loan over 25 years, there was a loan fee of three thousand dollars, the 1500 dollar veteran discount was put into the loan, the 1500 dollar rebate was put into the loan, by paying cash i will break even after five years, instead of paying 25 years. as far as im concerned the program is a joke. it will put you in the hole and you may never climb out of it. figure out a better way to pay for your home improvements, this one smells predatory.

If it is highly compeitive like my market of Orlando, guests have thousands of homes to choose from, so they will filter differently than someone that is going to Ft.

Lists with thousands of records are difficult to manage.

I have invested in or funded (equity & debt) thousands of units in dozens of states with or on behalf of a variety of domestic and non-U.S. private equity funds, family offices, and institutional investors, and also co-founded / operated several businesses.

You are competing with thousands of other lenders that do the same loan as you and can charge less with an attractive rate.

I have done this and lost thousands in the past.

@Barrett Dunigan That commonly happens about 90% of the thousands on the list 30 days before the sale, pay or make arrangements to pay and remove their property from the list. 

Whether it took $130 thousand, $130 million, or $0 does not matter. 

You'll lose to inflation investing here over time if you are one of the very few that consistently cash flow. 2 - the place will be far from turnkey and will require thousands to get Section 8 ready.