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Proceeds could be reinvested in better-performing assets across multiple doors.Our goal is to build appreciation over cash flow, acquiring 1-4 doors/year to allow my wife to retire by 50.

@Guenevere F. you're going to need 20-25% down to get a mortgage.If you target $100k, that won't leave you any funds for closing cost, maintenance or emergency reserves.You could try targeting around $80k, but the $16k-$20k down payment would still not leave you with enough.If you buy under $80k, you're probably buying such a low-end property that it is unlikely to meet your performance expectations.

There are other soft roles that listing agents perform, but those could be done a la carte on an hourly basis beyond the five or 10 hours included in the 0.6% rate.You're kidding, right?

As for properly collateralized performing notes in Vegas I think those are quite safe.

The comps that do exist seem to be performing at a high-levelMarket Overvaluation?

Not performing the first couple of weeks..

We have found that setting our expectations about what we want is helpful (financial performance, level of renovation we can handle, forced equity opportunities, number of bedrooms, etc) and then waiting for a deal to materialize. 

From my experience sometimes the best rates and terms come at the expense of harder underwriting, longer wait times, and sometimes a waste of time (because they can't perform). 

Asking Invest 5S for historical performance data on similar projects.3.