Northside is a great neighborhood for flipping, because it’s been in such dramatic transition, you have those spreads to work with.

That's a big boost to one's confidence.Becoming an investor may take a little bit of time. 

., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller websites, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is integrity and consistency.

This will give the market a boost in Q3 & Q4.The other thing that nobody seems to agree with me on is that the economy was sucking air going into this whole thing.  

Think of ways to overcome seasonality & focus investment dollars to adding amenities that boost your listing in the off season, you only have 1 door so work to make year round income.Happy to share all I've learned about vacation rentals, STR management, guest vetting, providing a luxury guest experience, & stretching that investment dollar in the STR space.

Are you buying completely vacant, 50% occupied, full but has rents below market and other cost savers to boost returns, or fully stabilized mainly for cash flow and hold long term with limited upside?

That can have a dramatic increase in property values.

In ten years this property will be paid off and your cash flow will increase dramatically.

But you could do a 1031 exchange to avoid capital gains, which should provide the needed boost to make the needed down payment.

I know I will be able to get $600 for the second side, possibly $630 with paint and floors or possibly even rent rooms separately being as each bed has it's own bath for $350 per room to boost cash just a little.