Transfer some paper assets into real estate holdings and/or create cash flow. 

Sale Price: $105,000Closing Costs and Agents: 7% , $7,350Loan Payoff: $77,125Remaining from Sale: $19,058The deal has cash flowed $1,400 in those 12 months.

I don't know wether I should go further upstate or even in New Jersey or Connecticut which would be a long drive, or invest out of state so I can get better cash flow for a lower initial purchase price, then eventually I can work my way to invest here(if that would even be worth it).

I will be cash flow positive above my $2250/month mortgage/ins/taxes.- My goal is to follow Scott Trench's ideas in Set for Life and hopefully rent a room for under $1200/month to save some extra cash and use it along with my current savings to buy and house hack a duplex/triplex/fourplex in 4-12 months in the Oakland/Emeryville area.- I consider myself very handy since I have renovated my entire house 99% by myself and pulled permits. 

were I to buy in la, i would go the HRA route and house hack, but i still don't know if i can get positive cash flow with the prices here unless its a foreclosure. 

Irina Belkofer , Condos or SFH have twice the cash flow as Multis in Cleveland ?

The property needs to be renovated to achieve maxium cash flow.

The property needs to be renovated to achieve maxium cash flow.

                     $220 Vacancy/minor repairs/maintenance                    $220 a month for water/sewer/trash/landscape/snow (actual should be way less)                     $1000 debt serviceNET loss of $160 a month      The cash flow is terrible of course, but that is mainly from the outsized taxes which was from what I can tell from tax records an extra school levy, total taxes for 2016 were  $2341 on same valuation.

Most of the good cash-flowing properties that we are seeing For 15-30k down that will cash flow on average $150-350 /mo after "The Big 6" (mortgage, taxes, insurance, vacancy, management, maintenance) have been paid.