I plan on starting out small, buying a duplex/triplex/quadplex and slowly building my portfolio over the next decade plus.I don't have much of a real estate background, most of my experience comes from my family owning a small apartment complex.

@Conway Churamanwell you still havent said what your goals are, for me I would take a complete a flip, prob have about 50k when done, depending on my goals, I would rinse and repeat, growing this money, then JV with others who did all the work and let me have 1/2 the profit, or I could take and put as downpayment for a smaller complex giving my cashflow.

You can get about the same cap rate  but it is harder to find as there are fewer apartment complexes than houses.

I have my eye on an apartment complex in the $1.75 million range and I'm looking for ways to finance it.

Good Evening I have an idea of of the strategies I'd like to use for investing, but my situation is a little complex.

O yes it will help us a lot to feel like a homes  two sides of complexes.

HI there.  I am thinking about buying an old dilapidated bar building that is oddly placed amongst single family homes in a nice suburban town.  The building was an old bar - or more like a series of bars because it w...

Here are the details:Three 1 BR condos in a complex where we already own quite a few units were for sale by a tired owner.  

That's how I was able to buy a $6M apartment complex and all I brought to the closing is a measly $5,000 :-)I am sure you probably got me beat - other apartment syndicators get paid upfront for putting the deal together (syndication fee of 1-3% - cool).How's your new apartment construction going along?

Try to get a job as an on site leasing agent at an apartment complex.