You are judging a gold fish by its ability to climb a tree, in other words. 

Get a number (amortization) that works which will keep you with the ability to renovate successfully, while also providing a payment that will be assured passive income in his mailbox every month.

Those are "serious" cash buyers that have demonstrated the ability to buy in cash.GAAADAMN am I good OR WHAT!!!

For us, this was a no money down deal that was solely based upon our education, and ability to communicate our ability to execute.

All without risking a dime of your own money.And the advice the other gentleman offered with respect to "SEO" and setting up a website-- you may well go ahead and do that, but good luck getting found easily and, also, trying to 'attract' "ma and pa" note sellers (which is most of what I chase) that way is tough because, in many cases (this is my experience and I've been at this 20 plus years) these note holders aren't very educated as to the type of asset they really own and have a limited or no understanding of their options (such as the ability to sell the note to generate cash).

When you pay for something via credit card you have the ability to dispute the charges for poor service. 

Does the starter account give the ability to have lead forms and a website etc?

And @Michael Seeker is correct with the ability to withdraw contributions with 0 penalty.

The magic is in your ability to stand out as Charlie Mac. 

Once you have a level of reserves you’re comfortable with, then look at how the car payments affect your ability to further leverage rentals (assuming that’s what you want to do).