My experience is that we simply have more problems with the tenant base at our class B-/C property as opposed to the Class B+/A- asset we own.

If you are in a high demand metro area, it's simply not realistic to expect to be cash flow positive if you are putting down 0-10%.

You're simply rearranging the way you do your banking.And if nothing else, think about your money sitting your checking account every month just waiting to do it's job.

I simply must go there and meet with people, build relationships and see who I can form good working relationships with.

I can add a couple of comments.Syndication and crowdfunding are essentially the same thing—crowdfunding isn’t a different category, it is simply syndications marketed online.  

If you are in a high demand metro area, it's simply not realistic to expect to be cash flow positive if you are putting down 0-10%.

I simply don’t trust their taste. 

They simply choose to say that any amount you purchase less than you sell or any amount of cash you take out is profit first. 

If you aspire to become an investor, as opposed to simply buying yourself a job, then you need to look at assets that generate enough income to hire staff. 

If you want to know your max purchase price formula it's: ARV x .7 - Cost of Rehab = Max OfferBut the overly dramatic example I gave (sorry... but it can turn real quickly) is why you have to know that cost of rehab with some degree of certainty, or else simply asking what percentage of 65k would make it a great deal is irrelevant.