Purchase price: $98,500 Cash invested: $15,000 owner financed on duplex, bought from a friend of the family. hopefully many more to comeHey @Jeffrey Eschbach, welcome to the BP Forum!

Or just any suggestions for the best bang for your buck areas that offer at least a little cash flow and appreciation ?

This^^^^^Unless he is loaded with cash reserves and can take a loan out based on his liquid reserves.

There are some HOA's that are in such bad shape they wont allow any type of loans and it must be a cash purchase.

Purchase price: $125,000 Cash invested: $75,000 Sale price: $248,000 Decent fix and flip completed in 2024.

Before I retire I want cash real estate. 

I bought a single family home for cash in November, did the renovations and now have tenants.

Focus and consistency are going to be your best friends.Also, I wouldn't tackle buy-and-holds right now unless you currently have a high cash flow revenue stream in place.

Purchase price: $105,000 Cash invested: $90,000 Property needed some serious rehab, from trees roots destroying the basement walls, to plumbing, electrical, to roofing, landscape.

Stack up the cash flow and dip into that as needed to support the asset.