Equity and cash flow but most importantly tentants pay mortgage while I take my hardworking tech money and put it towards my spouse and I future is my top goal. 

The idea when purchasing the house initially was to start putting my BAH (housing allowance) into my own equity vs someone else's.

I've sent out 2 months of direct mail to absentee owners with parameters such as >50% equity >2bdrms, etc.  

Is it to save up and use a line of equity for the downpayment? 

I'm almost positive that the tenant will have a different financial issue going forward, but it may be in another aspect of their life.  

In your current situation with savings and equity you could conventionally finance the next 2-3 deals and after that you could look into rolling them into a portfolio loan. 

Just need positive feedback.

With the help of family and friends I was able to do much of the work myself (and learn a ton along the way.)That experience sparked my interest in real estate investing.After building some equity in my initial foreclosure purchase, I bought a single family home within walking distance of a local university near my hometown.

Since then I’ve completed my undergraduate degree in Info Tech, held a variety of positions in I.T., started a family and am possibly looking into starting my graduate degree in January of 2017.I’ve been quite interested in entrepreneurship for a while now and have chosen Real Estate as the venture that I believe will launch me into an entrepreneurial career as well as trading in FOREX.

Buy or inherit and hold for a long time, then cash out and redeploy equity into potentially higher cash flowing properties or other investments.2.