There are no "Pit Cats" only "Pet Cats".Cats do not bark all day long when the owner is not home.Cats bury their "business" vs. leaving it all over the yard for the tenant to NOT rake up.Cats do not consume neighborhood children (unless they are a tiger).Good Luck!

@Joseph Crunkilton I agree that driving for dollars can be very time consuming - both the driving part and hunting down the owners.Consider working with a list broker where you only pay for the lists you are getting and not a subscription that you pay every month.

I'm currently consuming as much knowledge as I can.

The next step, in my opinion, is to consume as much information as you can.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in August, amazingly up 1.3% from a year ago.

Hi Devyn,While you are saving your money watch the market.I don't think chasing the market up is ever a good idea.Covid-19, elections, fewer people traveling to NYC to work every day, low-interest rates we have a lot going on.Make contacts, learn the markets you are interested in, save money.Once the run on properties passes you will be ready.Good luck - Darren

The fewer similar properties there are in the area, the more one appraiser's valuation will differ from another's.Judging by your comment that the appraiser won't consider cash flow in their model, I'm guessing that it's a 4-unit-or-less multi-family, and that they're using comps. 

Yes it was a lot more time consuming but the pay off was so much more that I would do it again. 

Lumber prices are especially high at this point due, in part, to consumers competing with commercial demand so I'd imagine that's factoring into the numbers but in general prices tend to go up or at best flatten for a time period.

@Chris Parker, my thoughts are similar to @Daniel McNulty, the only reason NOT to buy 100 SFH with strong cash-flow is it's time consuming.