Quote from @Michael Wu: Most investors would be fine with a really nice spreadsheet purchased on etsy for under $10.

Good chance you'll be like Michael Chang and make enough to purchase a substantial amount of real estate through the rental arbitrage method! 

Yeah, they hardly ever get cleaned but it's not that time consuming at turnovers.

If you are scared in any way about putting money down in any type of investing like purchasing tax liens when your not sure what your doing, you will freeze.

Person purchased a neglected facility using hard money.

I'm looking to invest in self-storage in the smaller cities and towns surrounding the Twin Cities area and am debating between two options: buying land and building a new facility or purchasing an existing one.

In other words, you rollover traditional IRA funds into your solo 401K (which is allowed) and then use debt to help purchase a property.

Here’s how the contract and assignment process typically works in wholesaling:Contract with Seller:You start by negotiating and signing a purchase agreement (contract) with the seller of the mobile home.

And I'm not at the point where I want to purchase say 5-10 units yet. 

Lastly, the price is super cheap and you can still buy positive cash flowing rentals for 120-180k purchase price!