If your main investing goal is cash flow, and you intend to hold the property "10 years to forever", you shouldn't let a potential secondary benefit prevent you from purchasing. 

You need to have some idea of your goals too.

Its all about running your numbers.It sounds like your long-term goal is to have a large portfolio of rentals.Therefore, if the ARV of a property will generate a strong profit for you and the cash flow isn't great (or you can use your profits to purchase another property with better cash flow), sell it.If a property generates great cash flow for you, keep it.

My goal is to buy my first property (multifamily) within the next 6 months.

@David Flores in my opinion if your goal is to sell any property at 50% of market value just work backwards from there on how much you would like to make. in your example of this property lets say you wanted to make $5,000. that property would have to retail at $34,000 in order for you to sell it at 50%($17,000) pay the $10,000 in liens and pay the owner $2,000I think everyone is going to be different on what they think their time is worth so if your happy putting up $12,000 for liens and purchase to make $3,000(25%ROI) because the market value is $30,000 then do it at the end of the day you have hungry new investors willing to make a $1,000 and get some education then you have pros that won't do a deal for less than $10,000. you just have to decide what your willing to accept both in monetary and education because both are currencies in the investing world@Brandy Horkey I second what you've said, I know in Florida that the county appraised value is strictly for tax purposes and not what the actually market value for a property is.

When you run this triplex deal through the BP calculator, do the potential results line up with your investing criteria/goals?

I hope we can all achieve our goals, connect and collaborate all while having a good time.

Then, multiply that number by 3.5%, and that can be your immediate savings goal.

Jose, I'm wholesaling right now but my goal is to fix and flip,obtain some rental income property.Brent, I will inquire about whether that colleague would or could agree to that,then let you all know.

The goal is actually to keep them in the house as I live overseas and I know they are good tenants and will take care of the house for a couple years until I return home.