My question: What has been your most successful system for producing quality real estate leads to enable these BRRRR/Flip cycles? 

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Our goal is to one day own 15-20 homes, and live off the income they produce. 

I am starting to focus on investing and producing cashflow.

I agree it's an attractive area for all the reasons mentioned above.

we are placed right in between two other "trendy" towns that have a fair amount of tourism (although this town does not especially attract tourists the neighboring ones do) and we would be walking distance to the restaurants.I really like your thought on the mobile being 50 years old in 12 years though. good thing for me to ponder. 

As you can imagine, I am looking to start my real estate investment career in a different market since Denver, CO isn't known for its ability to churn out countless rental properties that produce positive cash flow.

With no income producing building, there is nothing you can do.However, if the gas station was 'in service' (i.e. - had a tenant and paying rent), then it later went 'out-of-service' - even if only a few months - then you could do cost segregation on it.

If it won't produce optimal return until sometime in the future I feel that it's still a win. 

Hey Everyone,I have a single-family house in Folsom 95630 zip code area. The house was built in 2014 and is located in a good neighborhood. However, the house has been listed for 11 days and only 11 contacts, no appli...