Maybe you get what you pay for but if you’ve only got a handful of properties in your portfolio maybe start out with people who just work for an hourly rate.

Having started out many years ago I thought it was better to buy cheap properties with the highest net yield return.

To the degree, one is realistic, the probability of finding a replacement property increase.Say you want to sell a fourplex to trade into and buy via 1031 a 20 unit apartment building.And the market cap rate is 6% but you want to buy something that offers a 6.5% cap rate, you probably won’t be able to find it.

Now it’s more than $107,000, according to the NAR.when rates were at 8% this was publishedA mortgage rate that stays around 8% means median home prices need to fall by 35%, to $265,000.If rates stay at 8% and prices at current levels, income needs to increase by 63%.

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The challenge I asked myself was, 'Can I make money in real estate even when paying high interest rates?'

I am getting ready to purchase my first rental property in Oklahoma City, OK and I’m looking at an home that is priced under $80,000.I plan to put 25% down to get the best rate.I’m from California and haven’t run into this before... but it seems like there are lending minimums and a conventional loan of $60,000 isn’t something I’m finding easily.I could likely get a hard money loan or get a HELOC on my primary residence and purchase the home with cash... but I don’t like these options because the interest rates are higher than a Conventional loan.Besides hard money or a HELOC, are there any suggestions on how to get this smaller loan at a reasonable rate?

So many new investors that live in high cost of living areas look to the midwest or other cheap areas to invest. 

So, yes, you can absolutely get a traditional loan using 20% down an receive a loan with lower closing costs and a lower interest rate...or you could go the other route.Hope that makes sense how I am describing it. 

Rates are higher than they've been and it's harder to find cash flow.