Lastly funding developer who has 3 subdivisions going in WA DC market. these are big time deals and with our funds for the soft costs  500 k to 1 mil on each project my client is going to make  sit down  but probably over 10 million net  life changing money and well we will do good too !!

All together around 80k worth of money invested.

@Dallas Morioka why use your own money when you can do seller financing. 

Some properties actually lose money each month but gain value through appreciation.

The interest that it does accrue is money you don't lose, but rather it does go back into your investments. 

They make their money off of real estate agents, but real estate agents are the worst people to make money off because they are highly unreliable and in and out of the business when the market changes.Their target should be the consumer with higher levels that they can subscribe too for data, since Zillow is linked to the MLS now which makes their data somewhere more reliable.

If you do the out reach yourself it will take time and money.

That's why STR/MTR brings in more money...they're also more work.

The checking account can act as the home for the funds until you deploy the money into and investment, then all expenses and returns flow from and into that checking account that you control. 

Mistakes I see people make is they plan on living there a short time and over renovate the property where they will never get the money they put into it back.