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Suggest you plug these numbers into a rental property deal analyzer under  BP tools.you get 5 free to demo. these are very helpful in getting you to look at the other costs...

So, I read everyday, analyze a deal everyday.

Finally, BP has various tools available to help you analyze your deals (rental, flips, wholesale, etc), feel free to use them: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators Please let me know if I can help, and best of luck!

I suggest you decide on what type of property you want, start looking, and analyze as many as you can, even if you have no plan to purchase, just get used to analyzing properties.

I’ve also been advised to get a revolving business line of credit to fund the 20% down that most hard money lenders are requiring nowadays (especially for new REI) What’re your thoughts on lines of credit?

Hi @Sebastien Hitier: I really like the way you are analyzing the market.

He has taught me the “brand”, took me to see and help analyze every property that made $ense.

The most important thing you can know is how the numbers work so analyze deals and think about what can make them perform better, call another investor or 3 and ask them about the idea, call a contractor or 3 you've never met and ask them how they would solve the problem, because chances are there's something you havn't thought about.

The property is 675K and after analyzing the deal, it cash-flows.