How much do you have in liquid assets to provide as down-payment?  

A lot of rental product is just now hitting the market and will be coming on line in the near future. 

Keeping that in mind and the fact he is trying to sell his own product, he gives misleading advice to sway people away from the other investments.I like single family.

@Douglas Ellis this is truly difficult to answer without knowing your whole position, experience, goals, etc. you can make an argument for each method. 20% down minimum exposure, rent as-is, won’t cash flow as high, but if you can manage and maintain, the product will hopefully run itself with the occasional maintenance call and such.

Otherwise, some book recommendations (these include mostly books on business/lifestyle or buy/hold investing):- "E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber- "Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyosaki (further builds on the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" foundation)- "Set for Life" by Scott Trench- "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene- "The Book on Managing Rental Properties' by Brandon Turner and Heather Turner- "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod-"HOLD" by Gary Keller (geared toward SFR)-"The ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy (geared toward commercial investing)"Multi-Family Millions" by David Lyndahl (This is on my list of "To-Reads".

The 10 year maturity date is where the HELOC will modify into a different product all together.

Originally posted by @Felicia Gauthier:Are turn key properties good or bad for new investors You can make or loose money with most any product or in any market.

The 10 year maturity date is where the HELOC will modify into a different product all together.

I have had substantial success with everything from SEO, to third-party e-commerce platforms like Amazon.

So not specifying exactly what each product is and specifications for your contractor gives them the same room to move.