Hey BP Community,I'll be closing on my 5th single family home investment property in a few weeks.

FYI we've changed our approach entirely and have lower fee initial entry points to avoid the challenges of long term project based arrangements so we can catch issues much sooner.

Usually income will have to work at the fully amortized (principal + interest) rate. - Lower down payment programs. 

What Bruce says about new homes is accurate.New communities CCRs needs to be reviewed so you are not stack in a property that can't be rented out.ROI will be very los what I see in new communities is 10yrs in average, it will all depend on the time in the market.Another thing with new communities in those growing cities is that they are not investors friendly for LTR as the rent price tends to be lower than in other market.However there are plenty of opportunities in North Dallas, many other cities with growing population are great to invest.

It is also a great location for short term rentals for multiple reasons including closeness to Yellowstone

I am trying to find transactional funding for double closing in Maryland.

First time ended in a lawsuit that cost me close to $40,000 and the second time we had to get the banks lawyers involved to sort out removing someone from a mortgage.

It is all that needs to be said.Not even close to all that needs to be said.

I then also viewed the property 3 more times, the final time was 30 minutes prior to settlement and the Shed and it's contents were still at the property.A day after closing, a neighbor came to my door while working on the house and claims that the previous owner (prior the the house flipper I purchased the property from) had promised them the mower, bicycles and lawn chairs that are inside of my shed. 

This is why the cashflow is lower than normal this year.