I really hope others can take a few notes from this and avoid these tough life lessons on their own. 

If you get 10% or more, you will have your funding fee waived fo' life.  

In my observations, a lot of well off people in the area seem to use these investments for tax reductions and not cash flow investments, making the cash flow properties even harder to find as prices are inflated by that demand and they could care less about positive cash flow.If you can boost rents to 1% or more of the purchase price as @Rich O'Neill suggests, you'll find its probably much closer to a worthwhile investment.  

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hello BP,My husband and I own a plumbing company in San Diego, CA, and are working on becoming real life real estate investors as well as business owners.

@Chris Mooney“ Verbally promised” means nothing in real life

Jumping in head first with no life jacket.

The sealer I am using now claims a 15 year life span.

Eliminate all extras in your life so you can get your first down payment and closing costs. 

Here is a link to product life expectancies. 

Strangely many I talked to aren’t investing in anything except maybe a 401k or got suckered into a whole life policy.