Very quick and simple read that boils down the importance of investing in cash flowing assets such as real estate.

If you can positive cash with today's interest rates, and you buy in a growth market, then you'll have a winner.

You only really have a couple of options.HELOC/LOC with the property as security.Refinance the first and walk away with a bigger first.A great way to get into properties with little money down though is to buy distressed assets at a discount, force appreciate them, and refinance to pull the cash out.

One of our rentals (Michigan) has been being rented for $1300/month, the mortgage is $618 so it has cash flowed well.

Then take the cash and deposit to your account. 

I want to hire a virtual assistant to cold call a list of cash buyers I have to sign them up and to weed out the "dud" phone numbers so I can use another freelancer to track down the good phone number and then repeat until I get through the entire list.

I am not after cash flow right now.

So in the short term, my objective is to end up with a cash flowing property. 

Hi @Erwin Groenendijk: I haven´t yet done my first deal, but I do have family and friends that have and also potential cash partners I have talked to about it.

Hi David,(1) I don't have much to invest ($280-$350k) and would want to diversify across different properties anyway (some DSTs are diversified, and I can probably pick up three different DSTs with my proceeds);(2) no direct participation in managing properties (tired of it);(3) illiquidity is not an issue (looking for a 7-10 or longer horizon, will need some cash 8-20 years down the road to fund the kids' college);(4) prefer paper investments in general, would be able to hedge declines in the real estate market with financial instruments (have a Ph.D. in finance and a CFA designation, but a newbie to RE exchanges).