What reasons would a buy and hold investor buy a property that doesn't cashflow?

So here's the situation, I'm a 22 year old single male who is about to graduate from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.  I'll be reporting to flight training located in Pensacola, FL with the Navy following graduation.  I ...

I've posted about this before but I don't feel that a reasonable and sufficient conclusion was ever reached, at least not on my part.I have not yet done any deals. I currently work 8-5, have about 30k in the bank, and...

Hey all,First time home buyer and my dream is to purchase a multi-family, reno and house hack in North Brooklyn. I want to live in one unit and rent out the other unit to help pay off the mortgage, then buy another sp...

I'm currently analyzing the two 4-plexes below. Even if they both check out, I will buy one or the other, not both.

FOUR-PLEX #1 - $125,000
All heating units less than 7 yrs old. Roof replaced 5 yrs ago.
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Hi, this is a little strange. I am just planning.  It appears I may get 500,000 settlement in a few months.  However, I was trying to think what is a good way to go with it.  For example, if I do S/P top stocks, I cou...

Out of curiosity where do you West Coasters spend a majority of your investing dollars? We've got probably about 20-25 owners out of California and I know the majority of the reasoning is that they can't buy diddl...

Hi Bigger Pockets - long time lurker.Part of my procrastination in buying SFR rentals in 2016 has been that my calculations show negative returns, thus no cash flow. The DFW market heated up rapidly in 2013-2016 and h...