That being said we have noticed a bit of a shift in the market with the recently legislated changes to borrowing, etc...Fortunately the realtor fees would be lower than expected however this might be offset by additional marketing costs depending on how how aggressively the project is advertised.Although it is a Seller's market there are still some deals to be found.

Looking at some of my own properties I see numbers a couple percent under that, however I had to make some adjustments for unnecessary repairs (upgrades) that I did, on one property I had a big issue from a storm that took a $1000 deductible which put it well over that mark but since it's not a typical cost I removed for this; so with that kind of stuff in mind know that you need to be prepared for greater and when I take these things off for this purpose I do not ignore them which is why I have a good reserve fund that I always hold for nontypical repairs (when I tap into that reserve I shift all cashflow into rebuilding it before I do something else with it).

I will continue to work at my company while investing in real estate, considering my work schedule is a set 4 day 10 hour shift(Sun-Wed).

Shift profits from his LLC to something else to avoid taxation?

Travel nurses are good tenants because they work 12 hour shifts, are all background screened, and typically just need a clean/safe to eat, sleep, and get ready for their next shift.

No problem @Ayodeji Kuponiyi I guess really the only way to cut this corner would be trying to shift your focus to owner financed properties.

I noticed a significant shift in the window framing of the house.  

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As you would expect greedy landlords have started to over value property and there have been some major demographic shifts.