In a perfect world, my investment strategies are as follows:1) Using FHA 3.5% or conventional 5%, house-hack MFHs in Los Angeles and get as close to breakeven as possible from rental income with a maximum monthly "loss" of $500.

I'm a 33 yr old married Austinite Healthcare Software Developer by day, and an enthusiastic RE Investor by night.

@Patrick PhilipThe beauty of much of this business for the investor is that while an investor sees a piece of land with a structure on it in terms of fungible value, a retail buyer sees a home and hearth, a place to raise their children, somewhere to grow old together with their loving spouse, a symbol of their financial competency, a mark of belonging to one class rather than another.

Definitely helped me get a head start in the rental real estate world. 

The 80 yr old owner had a bad property manager on site, he cleaned every tenant out and started over with 15 new tenants, with only 4 available units, and slowly working on the rest. 

And then there is this whole other world of private money and crowd sourced money. 

Hello, everyone, I'm trying to get my foot in the door of real estate an I need a little bit of guidance as to how to get started. The buy and hold strategy is the way I want to go to start building long-term gains.  ...

I'm 21yrs old & looking to build deeper relationships within the REI community near Tulsa, OK.

My tenant found one of my old AC units in the garage (I have it in case I need parts) and has offered to get it fixed.

This scares me considerably since it seems like a whole different world.