At the moment you have negative cash flow, which isn’t great.

Purchase price: $151,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Last year I bought my first investment property, a duplex with 2 bed/ 1 bath in each unit.

There's more to look at than just the cash flow, but it is a good place to start.

If you are doing it with all cash, I would not disclose that to anyone and still use a lender.

I'm a new investor looking for ways to find cash flow in this challenging market.  

One thing that might be faster, and may mitigate further damage, is to offer him cash for keys.

When we started off - we were averaging that $300/door cash flow.  

It's probably a slower road than coaching, but it is a start....and hopefully at the end of the 5-7-10 year hold, you have some cash flow to show, hopefully 2x-3x your initial investment, some depreciation along the way. 

@Jill Barrett start networking with other investors in the UP here on BP via search feature.Ask/pay an agent to generate a list of all the houses in an area you define have sold for cash in the last 12 months - pretty good sign an investor bought it.

I don't have the cash required, so I'd have to finance.