One of the things that keeps echoing from BP is that that method is harder to scale. 

Partitioning Your Marital Estate Right NowThere is a method of converting some portion of community property into separate property.

When you are getting started in real estate investing or even if you have already invested in a city, what are your methods, strategies and criteria you research and look for to branch out and find new cities across the US to invest in that fit your niche?

With a lot of younger renters, it seems to be the method of choice! 

One of the beauties of this method is for the exiting owner not having the reporting all of their income in the following year instead of the life of the loan and it usually allows him to close quicker than a conventional loan, like a bank. 

I am looking to apply the BRR method to my first property. 

ARV concerns me the most followed by monthly holding cost if I can't sell within 6 months. 

@Joshua D. based on those numbers it looks like it can work. one concern: even with saving 10% for cap ex that will only be $1400 per year, which could get eaten up quickly if you need a new roof, plumbing, electric, etc. 

There are some other cosmetic issues as well but the mold is what I'm most concerned about.

I was primarily concerned that my equity wasn't working hard enough for me and there was a black and white answer of which I was on the wrong side.