I really appreciate.Account Closed, the only reason we are looking at apartments/town house is because it seems to be the only type of property available for our budget within the area of Houston we are interested in. I

As they say "numbers don't lie" but some in this game edit numbers let's say when financial gain in their favor.

Right outside this will be a good sized game room with a fireplace, sitting area and sufficient space for pool table or other games.  

We also host 'Cash Flow Game Days' - the Robert Kiyosaki Game and have Happy Hours, Field Trips, etc.Anyways, my own story - last year I purchased a SFR after networking on BP and doing my own research for about 6 months.I wrote about how I selected a market in this BP Blog Post that I wrote:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/6526/blog_post...Our next meetup is going to be on Oct 17, Seoul, Gangnam. 

I have been out of the credit/loan game for a while so I won't disagree with the authorized user thing, but the last time I paid attention, I heard they had pretty much closed that approach. 

Welcome to BP PabloWhat market are you in?I

So you really, really need to play the exit game and look at each unit and say " If I approached this tenant for a rent raise and they had to get out how much per unit would I have to put in to land a new tenant?"

What area of real estate are you interested in? I

I would think with that kind of cash to put "Skin in the game" you should be able to get "hard money" for flips.

Many new investors start off "too hot" and end up overdeveloping their first property or spending their money too fast - either of these behaviors will preclude you from achieving even your short-term goals and may knock you out of the game.