I might be happy with modest monthly cash flow if I bought at a great deal and have lots of equity.There are many ways to measure a deal; other than the cash flow per month.

Your options are limited when you have bad credit, so I would tackle that problem and get a handle on it before jumping into investing.

And do you limit your purchases to Alaska or do you invest in other markets?

But most importantly, they limit their liability to a maximum of 12 months worth of fees (if you have actually paid for the 12 months prior to needing to claim - if your claim comes to light years after using the service, their liability to you is $0!!).

As an example, if you make more then this 110k limit, the mortgage insurance no longer becomes a deduction for 2013.

They do this in my market; however, please note this data is limited in scope and you will not get the same level of information if you were to pull the comps yourself or have an agent do it for you from the MLS.

Wholesaling is also another good option for someone with limited funds to begin investing.

That way you can limit your liability and focus your time on getting your next deal.

If the property is your 5th to 10th financed residential property and you didn't buy it with all cash you will not be able to cash out/ obtain a refinance mortgage against those rentals.The alternative is to find portfolio lenders who will offer loans that have no limits to the number of financed properties.

For outside asset protection our law team recommended an S-corp be formed to stand as general partner and investor(s) as limited parteners.