i was focusing my plans on fix and flips because i can not live off the cash flow of one or two rental properties.. my five yr plan was to do fix and flips for the first two yrs of my real estate investing and then to acquire 2 buy and hold properties per yr after that while continuing to do fix and flips at the five yr mark i was going to re evaluate... in my market u can buy a 3 bdr 1 bt brick ranch style 1300 sq ft home in low crime area for $25000 ... flipping is harder to put a number on due to all the variables

Mostly all of the more expensive houses being built these days, in the same areas, reflect this style.

Canadian Real Estate Wealth" is an excellent magazine and don;t let the name fool you.

there are plenty of "investors" out there that are losing their shirts because they invested in poor triple-net leases/commercial props. 2 how do you know this if you have not done it?

Or would you try and utilize this to get your own deals, bearing in mind that you don ‘t yet have high income to warrant huge loans, etc? 

I think it's going to depend on the style of your property and how well it holds up to the new construction competition.  

On top of that I do have a 401k style acct from the Govt that I can use.

Had the property manager renovate the two bathrooms by almost gutting them and renovating with modern styles and materials.

You can get the deal of the century and lose your shirt.

At worst there is a black swan event due to the hyper-connectivity and systemic risk that is present in our financial industry due to the consolidation of the too big to fail banks which could lead to a Cypress-Greece style credit freeze and liquidity crisis.I hope I am wrong but I am hedging my portfolio in the chance I am right.