Cash Flow Market Value Stability Appreciation A Combination of these oCash Flow and Appreciation have an inverse effect oMarket Stability will provide Predictable Results, but Values & Rents remain flat.A few Questions to consider: Is your evaluation standard Repeatable (i.e. 10-12% CAP Rate: Can you continue to find properties which meet this criteria?)

Combine this with the strong blue collar/trades like Boeing, etc. and it's solid.* Houses prices: I agree, prices have rebound, even surpassed 2007 in Seattle directly.

Maybe find a job doing something to combine your real estate desires such as working for a property manager or an assistant to real estate agent.

. % of profit.. or combination.... just private people acting like HML is really all it is.

For repairs I used 10-15% of rent for maintenance/repairs/capital expenditures combined. 

They offer me full financing and talk the bank into combining the Camry loan with the highlanders so instead of paying two car loans that I can't afford I'm now only paying one loan for a little over $10000 at less than $200 hundred a month, and the dealer decided to take my $2000 down payment and applies it directly to the loan reducing me to $8000.

For a 2-4 unit property you will need a minimum of 25% down for (most) conventional financing (20% for SFR's) this will have to be sourced and seasoned for 60 days, your max CLTV (Combined Loan To Value) will be 75%.What does this mean? 

Kelly does appliances, which I understand and think is a good idea.A random thought, how about coin-operated washer & dryer in the house rather than the norm?  

I found a way to combine my hobbies of investing, passion for finance, and interest in RE all in one place. 

You should also target seasoned investors, not newbies as 2 newbies may not be a good combination.