It is easy to rent but had to find good cash flow deals because of high prices and property taxes. 

Jerryl,  results are very market specific. and to play devils advocate here.. there is no need for you to teach people how to do this quite the opposite with this huge profit margins and lead flow what you need is someone like me who can bring capital to bear .. you should be keeping this information private and not create your won competition. 

The elephant in the room is where of these can you cash flow actually (rent to price ratio being sufficient).

Do you think financially it makes sense to continue to hold the property take advantage of appreciation, tax benefits and the cash flow?

I am looking for monthly cash flow, long term and possibly short term. 

Because they have low conversion rates, you are going to get into a ton of conversations and deal flows to give you experience.

And with physical RE, there's a high likelihood your expenses on top of the premium are going to be realized a lot sooner than true cash flow. 

your first investment property is underway. keep saving that cash flow, learning, and saving from your job and soon youll have money for investment number 2 and so on. 

Additional cash flow in top of an already cash flowing property.

You could collect a down payment then collect some cash flow