I've been a realtor for almost 6 months and am currently exploring real estate investing.

Thank you for a real response. 

You might want to listen to some of the BP podcasts on some of the other ways that real estate "pays" you, outside of cashflow.Keith Weinhold from Get Rich Education also has a good podcast and regularly discusses the 5 different ways that real estate pays you. 

Here is some recent news on some prime real estate.

@Holly RossI recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, tax planning and financial planning.

@Tyler SteinkeI’m having a real hard time getting past the $100 / month profit on a $510,000 investment!  

For the most part, all of the real estate based operating systems are geared toward property managers, NOT investors.

Hi Dennis, your newest plan sounds very reasonable and is a widely used strategy in real estate.  

So you can't just get a pre-approval for all properties like in residential real estate, but a pre-approval for the exact property you are going to make an offer on (Is that correct)?

We only have permits for around 3000 units to be delivered by 2025, so there is a real problem which is helping our rents along nicely.