I have given advice to an investor who was looking right in the town i live in and i will not try to take someone else deal that they found. people like you that will give and not take or want in return that makes these forums worth going to. good job helping a fellow investor out.

@Ryan Huddleston, if that LLC is a disregarded entity (it doesn't file a tax return and you are the only member) then you're really the tax payer anyway so moving it back and forth should be no problem. 

And in your case where you have some money in the bank already I think you'd be better off leveraging the cheap mortgage interest rates at present, and then earning a better return on the cash you don't put down.  

I am still learning the art of evaluating the deal using things like COC return estimates, IRR estimates, 70& rule, 1% rule, etc. 

The market has been a bit down recently but overall over 5 years I have received a good return. 

If you like low repairs and dont mind the HOA fee and can still make a nice return then either sector will work.

I look at deals from a few different ratios: DSCR (Annual NOI / Annual Debt Service) DY (Annual NOI / Loan Amount) Mortgage Constant (Annual PMT / Loan Amount) Cash on Cash return (Annual NOI - Annual PMT) / (Property value - Loan Amount) Cap Rate (Annual NOI / Value of the Property) all of those ratios I can calculate based on the questions I asked above.

I only buy in Class A neighborhoods and I consistently get 25%+ returns per year on my money. 

Some buy their property in full and want to see hig cash on cash returns (calculated by dividing the cash flow (the net operating income) (before tax) by the amount of cash initially invested). 

Multiple units will always give you a better return than SFH.Also, you can buy a multi-unit out of state for less than 20%.