This advice is for "protecting" your capital from market swings and growing it.

And, get a home warranty for the first year so you don't have a major capital expenditure before you get your feet under you.

My short term goals to get started would be to get into the wholesaling side of real estate and earn capital to eventually invest in purchasing properties on my own for renting and also fixing/flipping.

Eventually, the plan is to refi out and return some capital to investors.

BasicallyHow much profit can you make with rentals (apartments, duplexes, etc), and regarding loan products, how much capital would be required per year to reach my goals mentioned below? 

Any plans for where you’re deploying capital next?

I'm biased towards Harrisburg since that's where I live and know the best, but being the state capital you always have state workers coming and going that people forget about with Harrisburg. 

My goal is to flip single-family homes to generate capital which will be used to build a portfolio of rental homes.

Real Estate prices typically follow 1 -2 years behind oil and gas activity, so hopefully we'll see prices climbing again in a year or two.Our plan is to pick up as many cashflowing properties as we can while the market is down and soft, then re-fi when it improves and recycle the capital into more projects or possibly down into the states on larger deals.

This one is easier as there's natural gas lines and I can just convert it over but still pricey ($5-7k)The seller doesn't have the funds to make the repairs so I'm trying to find a way to make this deal happenWithout getting bids, I'm estimating about $15-20k for rehabbing these items (FEEL FREE TO TELL ME I'M WAY OUT TO LUNCH)....this is on top of the $5-8k I budgeted to put into the interior.I'm not a flipper and was looking at this as a buy and hold cash flowing property.Looking where to go with this one:A) Reduce offer by $15-20k to $155k- Cons: I'm going to have to find a loan as I need my capital for other purchases in the hopperB) Reduce to $160k and get $5k in closing help- Cons: I'm still going to be out of pocket but b/n closing help and reduced downpayment would be able to get most of the work done and just put the rest on a credit card and use the cash flow to pay it down over the next 12 months.C) WalkD) Other options???