Wealth Building vs Cash FlowMy proposition is that too many real estate investors, much too often, emphasize cash flow over increasing net worth.

It raised a couple of questions in my mind about the risks of wholesaling, namely the implications in the event that you assign a contract and the buyer backs out.It seems to me that Paid at Assignment would both:Result in committed assignees, otherwise they would risk losing the money they paid the assignor, andProvide the assignor with a significant cash cushion against breach of contract if they cannot locate another buyer prior to closing, and ultimately decide to cancel the contract with the property owner.But this raises another question. 

Purchase price: $186,000 Cash invested: $70,000 Purchased this unit through creative strategy, (sub-to) current is an Airbnb in Baltimore.

If you are flipping within 365 (holding less than 365) this will be ordinary income tax levels, so if you are 22% or 28% as an example you will be taxed at that amount.

Many investors from California are choosing to invest in the Midwest because of the low barrier to entry and yearly cash returns making more sense in these lower priced markets.

@Chiane Martin the biggest challenge to doing Boarding Houses successfully is investing the required extra time.LTR - take the least amount of time, but time required increases as you go from Class A, to B, to C, to D.MTR - take more time than LTRSTR - take more time than MTRBoarding House - can take an insane amount of time to manage!

I don’t want to mess around with homeowner grade stuff from Lowe’s or whatnot, and am willing to pay a fair amount to start getting these under control  professionally. 

I really want to absorb as much as possible but only have about 70K in cash available, so I'd rely on financing, which I am no stranger to.

For my first property, is it A: better to pay cash and see how it cash flows or always use loans and save money for down payment and other investments?

Turnover, in theory, should be cheaper as well.The current rental cash flows ~$400/mo.