We also buy pure rentals.

Three full 8 hour days, lost from my regular job and everything else, of pure sales-pitch infomercial up-sell B___ S___ with nothing useful anyone could take and go start making deals.  

WE than bought "pure" rentals.  

One is based purely on the appraisal value and your finances.

Everything in it was pure gold.

There are WAY too many so-called experts selling pure hype to newbies for outrageous prices in this industry.  

So you do have to step back a bit from being purely an investor and have the mindset that I am also going to live in this property.

Find houses in that 140k to 160k range that you can be all in at around 70 to 75% of that - i.e. purchase plus rehab would be 70% ot 75% of the appraisal value.Thats typically about the price point that most rentals have a nice balance of cash flow and potential appreciation.But it is very market specific (I don't think you could find a parking space in california for 150k) so you definitely need to gauge your market.But ultimately, I'd want to take that cash and put it in 4 or 5 houses that will cash flow 300 to 400 a month and that I would gain roughly 30 to 40k in equity on each deal as well.From a purely paper standpoint, you would be making taking the 280k you have in equity now and picking up 120k to 200k in equity with the purchases plus paying down the houses another 180k from the sale proceeds.

There have also been some purely informational speakers that have been excellent and well worth the cost of membership.  

If anything, find a mixture of branded and keywords domains, don't go pure keyword or exact match.