Given my job however, i have extremely limited time and the capital required would probably take me a year or two to save up whereas i can make downpayments on one or 2 SFH per year - i was targeting markets that would have less equity growth and appreciation and more moderate middle market mid-western cities@Kerry Baird thanks for the response as well!

I agree with what others have said though getting your own leads, this is extremely important if you see a dip in the REO market and then your broker will be stuck with no listings, no leads type scenario. 

Minimum Skills Needed:Have sales experienceSkilful negotiatorExtremely friendly/likeableCan SELL with Integrity and honestyAble to adapt and learn new things quicklyAre extremely comfortable talking to people on the phone and Skype.

@Ray Harrell You will find the inspections in Chicago are extremely different than in most places in Ohio.

The BRRRR strategy has enabled me to provide fully upgraded homes to people who need them, and I get paid extremely well for them.

It was extremely hard for me and my wife and 2 kids.In 2020 i started to learn about house flipping.

The one major difference is Mount Vernon you have the taxes eat away at most of the profit you get and any multi family higher than a duplex is most of the time not profitable.Yonkers taxes are extremely reasonable and lots of value add in zip code 10701.Now, to answer your questions:-Is there a reason that a bunch of multifamily properties have appeared on the market recently?

There is an extremely strong demand for rental properties in Allentown / Bethlehem / Easton, so you will get 95%+ occupancy rates.

Denver has also become a sellers market to an extreme and its begun to effect surround areas.

Originally I was thinking of this question in terms of in your investing/business life, but our personal lives have such a big effect on our business that they go hand in hand for a question like this.My story: In 2009 when I was a sophomore at Clemson University, I got Mono (or Epstein-Barr Virus) over Thanksgiving break and I was extremely sick until around Christmas.