Once I do a few flips, I would like to start to find more desirable rental properties in my immediate area, as well as continue flipping.  

@Rick AlviSince you are posting on this website, and because you mentioned "in a few years I may rent it out", I am assuming that you have a desire to invest in rental property beyond the one that "may" be rented out in the future....

I made a spreadsheet that subtracts my desired cash flow from the NOI to give me a mortgage payment.  

Location: Raytown-adjacent, outside the 435 loop, 73% owner-occupied neighborhood, Raytown schoolsProperty specifics: built 1960, 3/2, 1200sqft, 2 car garage, large lot, quiet streetPlanned renovations: New roof, HVAC, some new electric, finished basement, good cosmetic finishes (hardwood/tile, granite, etc)NUMBERS:Price: $99k (after renovations)Projected rent: $1100/moEstimated monthly expenses: ~$400 (allowing for vacancy, maintenance, taxes, insurance, PM fees)I'd use leverage to purchase, and with the payment factored in I project just under $300/mo cash flow and about 11% COC, Cap rate between 8-8.5% depending on how you crunch the numbers (I'm rounding them for the purposes of this post, but I calculate pretty conservatively).The numbers are decent, and I like that this house is on the higher end of neighborhood normal - it should be a very desirable rental, and attractive to a potential future buyer (though I intend to hold).  

Even though, I had been introduced in real estate through property management in Alabama, there is so much I need and desire to learn about real estate investing.I look forward in "meeting" many of you in the future, and should all go well make grade deals in which all of us Bigger Pocketers may profit in one way or another.

An honest desire to help.

If any one niche encompasses the need to be good at all aspects of lead generating, negotiating, rehab and value estimating, having contacts, contracts, a desire and ability to solve all types of problems, it's a quality wholesaler.In my opinion, the hedge funds have already bought what they are going to for the most part.  

We ended up finding a duplex in Highland Park (not a desirable neighborhood, persay) but our tenant pays all of our PITI + $10.

Beautiful cash flowing property in a highly desirable area with below market rents.

• Risk tolerance• Credit - Leverage is highly desirable in real estate investingIn terms of the Las Vegas investment market, as @Phillip Dwyer stated, good investments are hard to find (the same is true for everywhere).