The minimum entry for a multifamily investment in Los Angeles may be in the $500,000 range.

I am going to be using an FHA 203K loan (if that's how you say it, still learning the lingo) and am looking for something in the 200-250 price range, or lower if possible but that might be hard to find in north Jersey.

BUT, as to a marketable property, marketable in that no extensive work is required for, say a landlord, where there are no real marketing time issues and the value is in a range sought by a facilitator of a sale, 10% is pretty much going to be the value of the service of a facilitator. 

You have to have some range for the agreement and it is a good idea to understand how a contractor  normally works to see how it works for you. 

For the same price range (up to 200k).

Despite our prices went down in 2008, they are already back up over 50% and turnkeys sell in weeks in most areas.I have seen some California investors purchasing SFRs rentals out of state in the $120k-$160k range, just to learn the seller, who was also an investor, had just purchased the house a few weeks prior for half price and, judging from the old online photos, the rehab was just paint and carpet.

The first two properties rented quickly for $700 and $750 respectively.

. , and using this money for the either down payment of 20% to purchase a $80,000 - $100,000 property that is an REO here in my area, which would give me a PITI of around $600 a month , and I can easily rent a property in this price range in my area for around $1,100 - $1,200 per month .... for a monthly cash flow of around $500 - $600 per month.I could then "Hopefully" do a No-Seasoning Cash-Out refi ( since I'll be purchasing the property as an Investor/Investment Property )....

You might want to pay yourself down to a healthier 50% LTV and try to purchase future prorperties between 50-75% LTV paying down to the 50% range.

-Bob Repass, Managing Director of Colonial Funding Group The Seller Finance Regulation Reduction Act would exempt any person, who has less than $2,000,000,000 in assets and originates less than 2,000 residential mortgage loans a year with respect to property that is owned by the person, from the SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008.