Purchase price: $300,000 Cash invested: $10,500 My first investment.

I've crunched the numbers and if I could purchase three four-plexes in the next ten years, that would give me the financial independence I'm looking for."2.

During refinance, in the option of exiting, she would have to bring to the table around 36K (176K less 140K purchase price).

Tom Wheelwright’s WealthAbility is a full-on SCAM with shoddy ‘business practices’ that needs to be investigated for consumer fraud!

Real estate investing has been an interest for over a decade, in which time I've consumer innumerable podcasts, books, and have attended boot camps and master minds.Here's my hold-ups:1) I do not want to put my family in financial risk.

If you decide to proceed with the purchase, make sure you inspect the property very well, top to bottom......OR.....There may be NOTHING wrong the the property and the Seller wants to sell it vacant so that he gets top dollar. 

@Sam ChicquenSam, little late to this but I’m an investor/agent based out of Tampa Florida.I like Tampa and the surrounding markets for its cash flow and appreciation potential.There are still a ton of mom and pop investors that own commercial multi (5+) and I’ve had some good luck connecting with these owners and purchasing from them.The last deal I did was a commercial off-market value-add multifamily and was able to secure seller financing.Downside is flood insurance has gone crazy down here and can really kill some deals.Happy to help you with your search.

My husband and I were looking to purchase a house in Mountain Home, Arkansas. 

That ensures you don't spend it on other things and know exactly how much you have to spend on the next purchase.

I was a lender/banker that, after a long career on consumer mortgage and then commercial banking/lending, went to work for a community bank in Florida that was operating under a "memorandum of understanding" with regulators.