Haley has handled hundreds of investments deals from my POV alone!

I took value from it, especially on the commercial side, but the real benefit is being in a room of hundreds of other investors.

Condos listed for sale in such communities tend to sit for hundreds of days on market because no buyers can obtain financing to purchase them. 

You can pick them up for a few hundred or few thousand, then resell immediately for much more if you do your homework right.

Are you looking to supplement your income with a few hundred $$ in rental income?

They'll charge you a couple hundred bucks to list the property on the MLS.

cash flow is only to hold on while it appreciates.. buying a property you know wont appreciate at all over time to me is a waste of time and effort.. go for both find an area you have a pretty good idea that things will appreciate then let the tenant pay the house or property off while you make the real money on appreciation.. thats the other side of the coin.. in my mind the only reason to own rentals that just make a few hundred a month and never really appreciate over time other than tiny bit like 2 or 3%  which does not keep up with inflation.. 

For me, I'm a very conservative investor and may look through a hundred deals a month, and at the end of the year only invest in 4-5.

So I have read a book or two, listened to probably a hundred podcasts, and everyone seems to have the same general idea of what you should be including for your expenses on your deals. 

@Andrew Albert:My $40/month is a conservative estimate based on analyzing hundreds of properties.