I won’t be missing out on anything.$250,000 with expected rent of $1500 per month would be cash flow negative unless bought 100% with cash.

thanks for the considerate replyI can tell I'm really over my head so I've sent you more details for a deeper dive

I am not sure though how to find those kind of partners and how attractive that would be to others.Going the rental route seems like a good way for me to go also but I'm not sure if I can scale it and make it cash flow with the prices and interest rates.I would love to hear any thoughts or ideas on what I've been thinking.

One of the investors coming to look at his cash flow cow.. the PM says sorry we cant meet you our car broke down.. 

The investment property in GA is barely cash flowing right now.

It seems like nothing cash flows unless I do a STR, and decorating an Airbnb alone eats up a large chunk of my cash.

I have yet to analyze it from a cash flow perspective. http://mattiasclymer.funkhousergroup.com/listing/5... 

Break out single family/condo; then 2 units then 3-4 units all have different rules. 1-2 units is far easier to get approved verses 3-4 which have extra conditions to ensure that the whole project cash flows with market rents minus the one owner occupied unit. 3-4 units you need much larger down payment - as in no 3.5% downSecond home programs are for one unit types: SFR/condo/townhouse.Owner occupied means you live there and your insurance policy matches.

And unfortunately, with the low margins in SFRs in basically all markets, once you add in $1k-2k per year of travel cost, you are likely to be cash flow negative anyways.As for me personally, it may be the level of control that I seek or lack of trust that anyone knows what I want as much as I do, but I would never buy a house sight unseen.  

Subsequently, we facilitated a connection with a buyer who leveraged the cash flow until the owner-occupant market yielded a positive return on investments.