Sam J. this sounds fantastic and I wish there was someone in the KC area who thought about it this way, but on the other hand if I were a PM company, I really am not sure I'd be so interested in managing purely for the monthly % and lease-up fees if I could also start getting into maintenance as an additional profit center...Has anyone ever struck a deal with a PM to take their "earnings" in equity in the property rather than in cash?

Strategically buying and holding into emerging path of progress is how real estate millionaires are made.It is rare that I have seen real estate millionaires who are purely flippers or 2% 50% cash flow investors with little chance of appreciation, although they certainly do exist, but extremely rare.  

Hi BP,My first post :)I started in Dec 2019 and am now up to 3.9k a month in pure cash flow.

If not, you could buy a primary residence with the intent to at a later date turn it into a pure reno ... if so, you could turn it into a rental and invest in your next primary residence without selling ... this way, you could secure a property with as little as 3.5% down on much higher quality assets that have a much better chance at appreciation and you could add some value to via sweat equity and control hands on since they are near to you ... much better strategy IMO ... never underestimate the power of your home court advantage investing locally, or conversely the disadvantage you face going out of state. 

They were on sale at Costco so I bought 2, one for the exterior door and one for the actual unit...my only complaint is that when used a lot the batteries go fast but its just a few AAs, but everything is controllable with the app, and they come with keys in case of emergency. 

It is pure sales.

@Jeremiah AkindeleYou can definitely try to get a refund for that.You can claim that all the info they gave you is free on YouTube and on bigger pockets, therefore it's a pure scam to charge $4000.You can use that money for a down payment to get a house here in HOUSTON.

I don't depend on luck, but I consistently, systematically, and conservatively put myself in luck's path ... as result, I'm a very lucky guy :) I'm not knocking those who invest purely for cash flow and live in markets that justify such a strategy, but it is not the only way possible to consistently make money, I do not live in such a market, don't wish to move to such a market, got my behind handed to me attempting to invest remotely in such a market, and since I have my strategy wired locally there is no reason for me to stray from home as there is a ton of opportunity to make great profit in my own backyard.

We actually just bought a two unit property that will have one LTR to cover our bills while the second unit is STR/MTR for pure cashflow.When exploring this topic, I would center in on a market you are interested in and evaluate how each property type performs within that market.

I would like to find a 2-4 unit multi-family and house hack OR a purely investment property producing cash flow (likely not in SoCal).