Stay out of debt (completely out of debt)Get your degree (While on active duty it's free and you don't touch your GI bill) Buy low cost index fundsBuy some high risk stocksSave save save save saveRead every real estate book you can get your hands onPlay it out over 20 years.

Maybe buy the home, sit on it, by living in it or renting it, and let Prop 13 keep my taxes low until death inheritance to my kids. 

When we mention that we want to make 'low-ball' (albeit carefully calculated with investing in mind) offers and lots of them we don't get the hungry, enthusiastic response we have been looking for haha.Multiple episodes of the BP podcasts have individuals who have casually mentioned getting licensed like it's no big deal.  

What is important to me though is the risk and the return, not the price point (I personally wouldn't invest in low price point properties overseas and you can find more properties with a lower price point in the US).

http://apps.alleghenycounty.us/website/munimap.asp without knowing neighborhood and street its hard to give advice - there are still some “war zones” in the area Looking at the numbers - That capex is low for a percentage.

@Lane Kawaoka $3k-$5k on a $3mm-$5mm property is extremely low, I'd be wary of such a study as it likely relies heavily on statistical sampling or computer modeling.

One person can give out mortgages to that first time home buyer, while the other rents out low income housing to families who struggle.

Most purchases to date are low end cash buys.

I would focus attention on what the actual rent would be.I think your taxes and insurance are way low.

Your transactions will not be as smooth as they would be with an agent that is doing 5 million a year in sales.That’s my biased opinion, but it comes from frustration of dealing with low volume agents that make life more difficult.