Begin by getting your first place in Manhattan, using your saved money and extra pay for more buys.

I am looking to pay cash on distressed properties and to do the BRRRR method.I have a team in place but would be very interested in connecting with fellow investors, contractors, lenders, pretty much anyone who touches Birmingham real estate.Thanks so much, John

For plans that will pay off later, get into house hacking, save money for a first payment, meet people in local real estate groups and find a mentor, and put money into things that earn without much work like stock index funds or ETFs.

I do understand the draw having a tenant do this service and save some money, but sometimes paying the extra cash if worth more in the long run.Good luck,Noah  

Take the money saved and pay into a separate account each month until you have a downpayment for the next one. 

when our current primary residence rates becomes 5% we'll be break even but then we'll be paying the same amount of mortgage on the new property with tenants in the basement. 

You should never pay upfront before any transaction. 

I’d like to figure out how he does that so I can just do it myselfThey are probably running a script built into the browser (Chorme likely), it could be done using a site similar to this site > https://simplescraper.io/, i haven't tried it, i rather just pay for it.

She pays modest pet fee per month.