So on a 2 million apartment building you would need 200,000 down payment and about 15k to 20k for closing costs.If you wanted to put in even less you could bring in partners and split up the down payment but you would also be splitting the cash flow and future profits on the back end.

I want to ensure I make some profit from this.thanks

Once the house is built Ill sell for a profit or rent it out.

Tracking down owners of vacant properties can be very profitable.

Manage it for cash flow and reinvest the profits in real estate.

Purchase Price: $174,900Mortgage: $838.89 with 20% down @ 6% and 5% closingCash Outlay: $43,725-Income-Rent: $1900/month (optimistically)-Expenses-Maintenance: $190/monthVacancy: $190/monthProperty Manager: $0 (self PMed)Insurance: $115/monthTaxes: $510/month (ouch)NOI: $16,860CoC: 1.54%CAP: 12.52%Profit: $27.99/door/monthI would have to offer $130,000 on this property to make $200/door/month.

Based on my quick calculations, it looks like a 12% net profit with an exit price of $650k, and 30% on a $750K exit.

Non-profits can be a great way to create profits.

Depreciation and deductions disappear, but the ability to push out recognition of profits for decades (or forever in a Roth) makes growth easier.Successful retirement investing is about 1> preservation of capital, and 2> finding an acceptable return.

This will allow you to side-step your competition and be much more effective at finding some high equity deals.Depending on what kind of budget and time you have available to work with, direct mail, advertising and networking can all be huge avenues that will bring you some profitable deals pretty quickly.