The answer probably depends on your long-term goal and how long the long-term means for you.You are correct that if you put 30% down on three properties, you will then have to wait until you accumulate enough cash via appreciation, cash flow, and savings in order to buy the next property. if you execute a brrrr, you would be able to keep going. 

How long will the rehab take?

My goal is to build a portfolio to hold and maintain for the long-term.

I used 1800Account for my business and was happy with them but they are a bit pricey in the long run but, I found their online system very convenient. 

Appreciation will happen over the medium to long term and will boost returns but cashflow is the lynchpin of a good investment.

Philly is pretty simple when it comes to adding more units, first you have to have the correct zoning (RM-1), if not you could apply for a variance, thought this is a long process.

So long as that animal provides needed support for your disability it’s a service animal.

I've personally worked with a handful of "investor-friendly" lenders, primarily on DSCR loans in recent years, and each time I've run into significant delays, lack of transparency about the process, have been fed the requirements in a piecemeal fashion (every few days there's a new random request rather than having it all organized from the start), and have even run into lenders who were substantially misinformed about the real estate industry or the laws that govern it on both a local and federal level.I think there should be a better site to encourage accountability by tracking how long it actually takes each lender to close their loans on average, and what unexpected hurdles investors encounter when trying to work with them.I can't seem to find such a site.

It was a long road, but I was finally able to buy and flip the property.  5 week rehab. 

How long did it take to build out your team in St.