Using a realtor that has a good experience can help you with income production to help you sell units because they are not as as attached as you might be.  

I am just starting out and have been reading a bit about Home Equity Loans and HELOC. From what I am seeing you only need 15% equity in the home to take out one of these loans or line of credit. So does that mean if y...

@Zach Quick im using a Va loan so i can only "rehab so much"  and since its a va loan there is no down payment, just closing costs.  

I see you are in CA, assuming the property you are using as security is in CA, consider a standard deed of trust which you can download from any title companies website, e.g, Lawyer's Title. 

Some people like zonal heating instead of using a central HVAC ducted system.

The most known aspect of veterans and real estate is their ability to purchase a home using a VA home loan. 

@Zach Savage So agree with you QuickBooks Desktop is the way to go for property management unless you are using a 3rd party software to view owner's reports.

While I found they cannot and could not lift a finger to "due-on-sale-me" using a Land Trust, they were still not forthcoming in not saying they look on this favorably.

The outputs looked promising:Cap rate came in at just over my target of 8%, with a positive monthly cash flow and a suggested value of around $110,000.00 - and this is accounting for only four units.So with this, I decided to take a deeper dive using a more in-depth calculator.

And you should be using a constant maintanence/cap ex number on all of your deals that factor this in.