You will have to liquidate your current stock holdings if you wish to go this route - you will need cash to buy real estate.

The AMC will blast out the required turn time and fee to a whole slew of qualified appraisers (most appraisers cannot do VA, FHA or larger MFR, etc.).

You'll be able to get a larger property with more units or bedrooms by using an FHA loan.

I’m a local real estate investor and wholesaler. I am new to this so I’m not yet in the position to quit my W2. I have been driving for dollars whenever I can but I usually get off to late to be knocking on people’s d...

It is always helpful for us to get first hand feedback on other service providers in the area, especially when it comes from people who are paying close attention (rather than larger firms that are doing much more volume).

For my larger multifamily properties, I do a quick NOI divided by the cap rate. 

., but it's a good size loan which equates to larger costs.Stephanie

I am not sure how to search for decent investment firms or how to do proper due diligence over the team members - if anyone has resources for this as well as firms or sites they recommend I'm all ears.Also, I have a thorough understanding of financials and modeling, but not real estate-specific, and probably need a better understanding of how to verify projection numbers and how to ensure I am doing proper due diligence over large RE deals.

I would wait until I had a larger reserve and then go with cash out refinancing plans in the future.

Larger small multis 5-15 units are bought with commercial loans and as you get more tenants living together you can get more of the “headache” factor of dealing with larger amounts of people.