I'd like to encourage more of my friends to follow this path but seems like everyone I know in a hot market is having trouble landing a home right now.

C and D equals trouble; low rents; crime; vandalism; vacancy; AC units being stolen; copper being stripped, evictions; increased repairs; difficult to resell and ongoing bad news.

I can't produce more inventory all on my own.

You should never quit your day job until you have your real estate business producing at a level that you can survive.

Frankly speaking we just don't have the population dynamics or the geographic constraints that it would take to produce a true PoP investment strategy like you can find in Tier 1 metros or quickly growing 2nd and 3rd tier metros with geographic barriers.To illustrate this, I would recommend driving down each street between NW 10th and NW30th, from May to Classen and back. 

Looking for some tips & guidance from anyone who’s got something to say! I’m living & looking to buy properties in the NJ area. I’d like to purchase a multi family home or multiple apartments to rent out. I ha...

She has never given me any trouble and always pays on time.  

Getting creative on the down payment is asking for trouble.

I’ve been attempting to close another deal for the past few months and had trouble because I was missing the last part of the deal.

Your criteria should match your investing goals.My deal criteria includes three main categories: Location, Team & Value Add.Location: Must be in a city that is growing in population, in a neighborhood that would attract good tenants, and in an area that would appreciate over time.Team: In order to do a deal I must be able to get good lending terms from my lending team, must have a property manager who can manage it, and an investor agent who can negotiate the deal.Value Add: A deal must have the ability to hit double-digit COC returns, allows for forced appreciation, and produce $200 - $400 net cash flow per unit [depending on size of property].If a deal meets all of the above criteria, then the checklist comes up during due diligence.