I've spent hours watching videos and absorbing as much information as possible.

My question is more along the lines of, if we compare things apples to apples, will I be paying a premium once my portfolio is larger?

I've been watching the Cincinnati market myself and haven't found any deals as good as yours.  

Hi everyone, I've been watching a HUD home in my city. 

Your $400 a month cashflow after financing is pretty healthy, but your monthly gross isn't 2.3%, closer to 1.5% as you have to take into account your rehab, and I always back out your common utilities to get apples to apples - still good though

I also am looking to downsize and reduce my tax burden from where I am now.There are some strange things that I have seen and I was hoping that this forum would be able to answer my questions.I have been watching a house auction that has been delayed many times.  

I would argue that if you are dependent solely on ANY RE agent (be they a buyer's agent or a listing agent) to watch your back and serve only your best interest, then you are eventually in for some big trouble.

I would suggest you watch the market close though, the over $1000 properties in the okc metro are moving extremely slow right now.  

So the apples to apples investment, where it's guaranteed ROI, would be a Certificate of Deposit, or Treasury Note, or similar, and those rarely offer more than your mortgage interest rate. 

So I would just watch out for extra maintenance, look for wood rot and/or termites.