Thanks Scott I got a nice mention this week on Dave Meyers post about RE asset class. and one of the BP members a few years ago sent me a nice e mail and we talked through a deal he was doing and he gave me some credit for helping him structure and or giving him encouragement to go for it.. and I believe he said this year that one deal netted him 143k in cash flow.. talk about a Yatchzee..

I will be putting anywhere from 3.5%-5% down on the property so with that in mind, would y'all recommend starting with a Multi Family and reduce my living expense or with the SFH and not cash flow until year 2 when I am out of the property? 

Meanwhile prices continue to increase making the cash to invest greater to break even.

You are hoping for a lot with good appreciation and decent cash flow, but paying cash can get that done for sure.

I need to pull out cash to perform maintenance on the same property.

DSCR/ rental loan will go off strictly the cash flow of the property, in this case it would be negative DSCR if the monthly payment is $4600 on $4000 rent. 

I am simply asking to include something like, "unit has brought in rents well above market rate year over year" or "unit is cash flow positive". 

Purchase price: $260,000 Cash invested: $5,000 This was a short term lease option agreement to help the original owner get back on track with monthly payments and upgrades.

Would these types of companies prefer a cash purchase, or would seller financing be entertained?  

The extent of the research I did was that I saw the previous owner bought the land in 2007 for $37,500 and I bought it for $7,000 cash.