I can understand saving 12% a month for repairs to have reserves for large items, but if you have a property that isn't struggling with vacancy much do you just pocket that money?

If you stick around, I think Denver will be a great investment over a decades-long time horizon, and I struggle to see the fundamentals of why people love it here diminishing.The Bad - Pretty Much Everything Else in the short-medium term makes me think that commercial real estate prices are going to collapse, or at least NOT rise relative to the income they produce:1) Interest rates - They are super low.

This is my biggest struggle with flipping here in MN....I like to take charge of the jobs and do the things that dont require permits but obviously a roof and windows requires permits to be pulled!

I had to fly to austin texas to get paperwork, struggle with scheduling with contractors and appraisers, probably paid too much add flooded one of the units within a couple of days of ownership, but I am officially a real estate investor and couldn't feal better!

A couple of hours on the ground is a good investment of your time anywhere, but specially in struggling communities.

Struggling with this as the loan amount is small for a multifamily.Misc: On-site caretaker lives in basement room (not included in 12 units), cleans hallways, mows yard and does snow removal.

I believe that getting investors is not my challenge but how to get below market deals is where I struggle and that is where I need to focus my time now.   

I think the harder you struggle the higher you get when you finally get that deal.

It's been a real finical struggle here lately from moving so far but we are getting things in place and want to start building our business soon any suggestions and tips are great.

For me I restrict myself to one city and it's approximately 20 minutes away from where I live and that seems to be a struggle for me at times.