Wanted to start the LTR investment journey and house hacking made the most sense with other variable we have in play.

Hi All,My name is Mike and I am a recent college graduate (SDSU) and newbie investor from Southern California.I'm excited to say that after a few months of research and education I have officially jumped into the playing field, sending out ~150 direct mail marketing letters to out of state/area mutifamily property owners across 3 cities.As I continue marketing to owners, I hope to begin screening deals in the next few months.

The other day Biggerpockets took a couple of my posts down and I got a little prickly not because I think I have the right to say what I want on their forum, but because businesses predictably try and play it so safe and they won't even stand for the values that give them the right to be in business. 

People playing “respond to everything follow up on nothing”. 

If it's a sandwich lease, negotiating skills come into play. 

I was thinking along the lines of a $100 Amazon gift card to apologize for the role I played in his week of inconvenience.

I’m familiar enough with my area and rentals and real estate in general that I didn’t just go through and run 100s of sample properties like Brandon Turner suggests but if I get interested in a particular property I do get the information and run the numbers and play with them and create different scenarios to see what works.

If you used your investment money to pay the $36,000 you will have the entire cashflow of $500 per month for 60 months = $30,000, but if you get the loan you will be paying out  $230 per month extra for 60 months =  $13,800 extra, or a total $730 x 60 months = $43,800.For 8%, I would play it safe, keep my cash tucked away since it is very difficult to work and save $36,000 in one wad of cash and use someone else's money for such a low rate.

Short term rentals are a great way to increase cash flow, however they are labor-intensive, especially with a large home.

I am sorry, but can we not play mind games and rather talk about actual experiences of people who have proven strategies in the market that we are in?