I live in CA and invest in Huntsville, AL and am looking at Jacksonville as my secondary market. 

Realizing that REI is mostly a math problem, and then spend all of your time on the left side of the equal sign.

Would make sure to check you math on the pro forma you are using and make sure that you know how everything is calculated.We use one that joe fairless put out on his syndication school.

For the math, practice before the exam.

Ideally, if you can find a "Portfolio Lender", someone who keeps their loans on their books instead of selling them on a secondary market like Freddie or Fannie loans, that would be the best option if you plan to expand your rental portfolio into the future. 

You are actually better off if you do the math and ANALYZE the cash flow.Ideally you want a deal that cash flows and I'll bet you can find them in the Philly area. 

Originally posted by @Neil Narayan:The real estate market in Austin is hot to say the least and the forecast seems to be even hotter 🤓For anyone who's interested, since I get really annoyed with sloppy predictions that don't really do the math and research, I went ahead and did it for the gentleman in the video (fyi @Neil Narayan, the video works fine on mobile).

@Brandon Sturgill thanks for the response. my plan with the LLC is to use the line of credit as a secondary source of credit for rehabs or materials.

I did the four square method for calculating COCROI and bounced my math with the Rental Property Calculator and notice that i would get a decent ROI.

What it's called is basic math.