You may try to buy something as a secondary residence instead. 

My math shows the ROI being the same for a cash purchase vs.a financed purchase. 

I have already started doing the math for evaluating properties and been having a hard time getting realistic monthly expense estimates for a studio/1bed1bath condo (400-650 sqft approx).

I am saying that no property management company will do the math like an investor should and no property management company can manage properties as inexpensively as I can (or you).

So let’s do the math, we paid for the warranty, paid for their guy to come out for nothing, paid the tenants for their inconvenience and we ended up paying someone else to fix the problem.And this is number 1 rated home warranty company.

Fannie Mae limited the amount of rental property loans they will purchase on the secondary market last week.

My advice is to run the math and get a good baseline for what the market will bear, and shoot for the right hand side of the bell curve.

ya the debate over Debt V Equity etc is a constant one you have math.. and those that are spread sheet junkies and look at returns in % to the 3rd decimal tend to focus on max leverage refi till you die.. 

Hi all,Considering buying/renting a secondary home in California.

Creative math won’t solve that .