If you purchased multiple cash flowing properties and held them for long term your equity build up and net worth will far out perform a cash buyers.Last, your total cash payment could be used to purchase a larger or nicer property giving you a greater return (if purchased correctly).

Sounds like maybe you need a new team helping you reach your goals.I do commercial real estate with larger properties.

Mail, online ads, door knocking, etc etc.

So we’ve got a tiny yard and we are in a cash position to possibly try to acquire our neighbors’ lot without needing a loan. The property Is in very very very bad shape.

The 90 year old woman that lived there moved ...

deals using hard money in this area are getting harder and harder to find. you need a larger spread than cash buyers. best source may be off markets deals.

.—(1) The landlord at all times during the tenancy shall:(a) Comply with the requirements of applicable building, housing, and health codes; or(b) Where there are no applicable building, housing, or health codes, maintain the roofs, windows, doors, floors, steps, porches, exterior walls, foundations, and all other structural components in good repair and capable of resisting normal forces and loads and the plumbing in reasonable working condition.

I hung 45 door hangers before deciding it took triple the time I estimated and made the similar cost of mailed postcards with none of the time much more appealing for an initial contact. 

But I know I may be able to get a significantly larger cash flow should I look in another state/city. 

A larger deposit?

Hey Pro Members,I am in the market to buy a slightly larger (5 - 20) apartment building and wondering if any of you had a good source.