When you said it came as runnerup, what criteria have you used to select it.  

The Austin metro market is approaching that territory.Here are the full stats for Austin and the greater metro:On the rental front, a recent Redfin report placed Austin atop the list for the largest year-over-year decline in median rents among US metros:Appropriate rental pricing and high-quality marketing are vital to navigating the current leasing market effectively.

If I would have used competent management, the manager that I picked and vetted, then it would have cash flowed, assuming they could have filled the vacancies.The big lesson I learned is that the property manager selected can make or break a deal. 

I definitely plan on building a team in the market we select. 

I would love to hear about your strategies of which you all used to effectively scale.

I’d love advice on leveraging my existing assets, navigating seller finance deals, or other tips for scaling effectively.

But effective?  

What financing strategy would be most effective?

Are cold calling or broker relationships more effective?

It is very effective in and of itself so it is something that can be done reasonably cheap without taking a ton of time.https://www.greengluecompany.com/