Two years ago, the city topped the list.San Antonio ranked third nationally among U.S. cities showing the strongest numeric growth since 2010.

Because of owning numerous properties, I have to put between 20-30% down depending on my financing mechanism. 

I am interested in Buy and Holds in the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho area and Winston-Salem area.This journey into real estate will be difficult, yet very rewarding.

I rented it out for a few years and made numerous improvements.

Of course there are other questions about cash flow, risk vs reward, and other tax benefits but this is some food for thought.

Absolutely no incentives; not only will they not work, they'll show that you reward terrible behavior.

It comes down to risk reward balance. 

These markets where this is possible is also harder to pull off a great brrrr on these buildings and you have to go to larger buildings to see the rewards in refinance that others see in other areas of the country by buying distressed.

That said, equity investors in the deal usually are willing to share the risk and the reward, not just the reward.

It means a lot to us.This may sound strange, but I would not recommend using your VA entitlement for your first property.There are numerous first time home buyer products out there that will give you a similar benefit (low barrier to entry when it comes to down payment and closing costs) and that will support a multi family property.