Maybe someone from there will jump in.Unless you're buying a big portfolio, one-off SFRs usually sell based on one of two things:CompsRent RollIn Austin right now, rent rolls have very little to do with the value of houses.

My recommendation would be to build as large of a portfolio as you can through financing and then start paying down your debt and mortgages through cash flow.

Having a 10-12 years investment plan to build up a portfolio to sustain my retirement I consider Dubai RE market too volatile and I don't feel safe for my strategy, unless a future drop of prices will make me change my mind.On the other side, the town I live in Italy, north of Rome, is still economically very weak, still overpriced and not offering interesting ROI.So, the idea is to look for opportunities in Europe (my niche is students rental), searching for areas with a good growth potential and ROI.

My goals are to build a rental portfolio however this will be my first deals so any advice will be helpful.

All investors review their portfolios and drop the worst from their heard. 

Hey folks, not sure if this is the right forum or if this is more of a "Business Plan" question, but figured I would start here.I've been working through some longer term analysis to understand what it would look like to build out a sizable real estate portfolio over time.

@Allen Clark - Both Troy and Brian have weighed in with their thoughts, my opinion is that you might want to take this opportunity to diversify your rental portfolio a bit.

I have a strong interest in real estate investing and want to start my portfolio while working as a nurse to help fund my investments.

Sure there are defects such as the loan is non performing currently or there are other issues to be addressed, but remedying those are what adds value to the loan and makes it salable or a cash flow stream to tuck in your portfolio.

When someone said he own 18 Apartment or Condos units, he is saying that in a large apartment of 120 units, he own 18 units of those & used a property manager to manage his portfolio under a company (Entirely optional), right?