The hard part is identifying the bottom.If you do pursue buying rentals I would try to do it through seller financing,  that way they are non recourse loans or if you go through traditional lending practices keep your loan to value amounts below 60%. 

The lender that we’ve worked with in the past has consistently told us we need to put 25% down which is what we ended up doing with the second SFH.

I wonder what percentage of consumer spending are folks spending money they should be saving.I see the same with investors consistently maxing out ltv refis. 

The exact amount that triggers this requirement varies by situation (for instance, a $1,000 cash gift may be material to a single borrower that makes $35,000/yr but may not be material to a borrower that makes $350,000/yr), so it’s good practice to ask your lender if you suspect you might have a material cash gift or large deposit – so you aren’t surprised by this at the last minute.Repeated and updated documentation of any of the above.

Keeping it short; a year after changing to new property managers in Indy we have: A 3 bed house that has consistently been rented and no problem.

Hi all,I'm just starting my real estate investor journey. I have a property I'm my crosshairs, but before I pull the trigger I'd like to get some community feedback on the best entity to purchase under for tax benefit...

A great place to start plugging in criteria and practicing narrowing down the list.

If you had a $3K per month marketing budget, how would you spend it to create a consistent stream of motivated seller leads month after month? 

In practice I'll look into all my options at the time and chose based on Cash Flow.  

As has been pointed out, "finding" consists of more than being on a broker's email list.