Use the various BP calculators to analyze the properties.

Analyze the property and budget for the improvements needed to make it a much more valuable property than what it is now.

Forget popular markets, they are overheated.

What are you doing to analyze the deals you see now?

Also, take what you learn and apply it by analyzing a few deals, even if your not ready to buy.

@Bryan Sowieja  well not a popular thought but its realistic.having owned a bunch of rentals in Mississippi we get some pretty large tenants in those areas.And special toilets are required along with reinforcing sub floor below.. and they can wreak havoc on plastic tub shower combos... can't comment on if you can exclude them. but if you rent to folks that you know are quite heavy no matter there physical type  IE professional athlete  power lifter.. cage fighter  WWF or whatever... you do have certain realities in the bathrooms that need to be addressedI have had more than one 400 lb plus tenant have the toilet give way on them during the act. 

If you've been looking for 6 months than presumably you know what's out there and you've been looking at an analyzing a lot of deals. 

(That's 6:00 PM Mountain, 7:00 PM Central and 8:00 PM Eastern.)Learn how to Find, Analyze and Finance small multifamily properties with Brandon. 

Three different business modelsPurchasing notes at a discount requires sourcing notes, analyzing notes, negotiating price, and raising the capital to fund the purchaseBrokering notes is an intermediary function which requires sourcing notes, sourcing buyers, and connecting the two by best fitFactoring is the purchase of receivables and requires sourcing businesses with receivables and cash flow problems, analyzing the receivables, negotiating terms, and raising capital for the purchase of receivables, and collecting on the receivables.In actuality, factoring is the highest risk highest return.  

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