After getting a Commercial lead that ended up not working out, but was a toe-in-the-water experience for me, I've started looking at Multifamily, CAP Rates, and the like.

This way you can use the equity from your existing home to generate additional cash flow.

Which scenario makes more sense, with $75K cash available:1) put $25K down on three separate SFR (in the mid-west) all priced at approx $100K each, that generate net cash flow of about $300 each = $900 total cash flow per month, or, 2) put the $75K down on one, nice $300K home, in a rapidly expanding market (LV, for example), in order to take advantage of the projected growth in the housing market over the next decade, even though there would be minimal, if any, cash flow while renting it out in the meantime. 

Hi Everyone,Rookie Question here.I have mortgage-free SFH rental property in San Antonio, TX that generates $1300/month ($1000 after Exps), w/ an assessed value of $165K.Questions: Is it more beneficial to use a HELOC versus CASH for a 20% downpayment (approx $40K) to purchase a Duplex?  

Early 70s OPEC & poor economic leadership, in the 80s the S&L crisis and 1986 Tax Reform Act and then stupid lending practices and speculative overbuilding leading to fall in 07. 

If neither of you have done it in Philly isnt it an issue of the blind leading the blind?

We look to rehab all of our properties based on what the local market can support and then hold the property (passive income) or sell the property (generate capital) depending on how we think the property fits in our portfolio best. 

Did you ever follow up on this lead?

My 9 to 5 job is sales and I have grown increasingly frustrated with the prospect that I am making millions of dollars for somebody else when I could be putting the same effort into my own business thus,  have recently decided to go all in with real estate investing.I have a decent understanding of the process but I am stuck in the analysis phase of how to generate leads for a few hundred to a thousand dollars. 

Second generation realestate dude. https://www.pledgepropertymanagement.com