I think I'm going to aim for either January or February, whichever month has more activity, to make a trip out.

I'd probably aim for somewhere between 70% LTV and 100% LTV with a 6% interest rate because that's what many sellers seem to be accepting right now (but if you can get it lower, so be it). 

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The platform aims to provide investors with everything they need to run and scale a successful real estate investment business in one place.

Maybe you can use the money your earning as teacher to help supplement a marketing plan that will enhance what you are already doing so you can build a bigger network closer to where you live. 

We are aiming to buy something before Baby is born, but our plates are FULL regardless!

I'm thinking of aiming for class C multi-family properties where the seller is motivated to get out for one reason or another.

You should always aim low on the DP...as long as the property cash flows positive. 

If you'd like to stay exposed to real estate, but still want liquidity, you could aim for investing in REITs, or even crowdsourced funded companies like Fundrise, etc. there are a lot of these types of companies now that will only lockup your funds for 8-12 months. 

@Scott Szurek well first if you are selling a multi-family property aimed towards and investors this is no big deal.