If you want to scale quickly, I recommend medium sized multi families in affordable markets with reasonably low property taxes.

@Di Ye Whatever you do and whatever your method of screening... you must remain consistent!

You could qualify for a good size loan and/or multiple mortgages for multiple properties, this assumes you don't have car and student loans and other bad debts. 

I am poised to make another decent-sized investment so keen to see what this does to the market, specifically in North Carolina.TIA

I'm not a lending professional by any means but depending on the size of the multifamily, you can get a conventional loan for as little as 3% down.

Is that size accurate, I think you may mean 0.23 acres each. 

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ideal size would be 8'x18'.

It was never worth the screen it was written on…It doesn’t consider….Property tax gross amount or rateState Income tax rate if anyInsurance rates (need flood or hurricane insurance?)

I’ve got a tenant who wants to end her lease early and she found a new couple to replace her so I have agreed to this pending their approval of my screening process.