I suggest you always have an assessor come out to take measurements.

I am curious: what are typical occupancy rates, and how do we measure and compare them?

Flat fee is your safety, profit split is your upside—works best when you really trust the investor.Equity Sharing + Second Position: Kind of like the repair funding idea, but you just lend for repairs and instead of only charging interest, you get a piece of the final profit too.

If you hire someone typically they are the ones providing this information, but if someone is paying you, then yes they need this information for tax purposes.BTW - I would say your SS# has been hacked so many times and is on the black market already this is why we monitor ours through other parties or just lock it down at experian and other agencies if you are concerned about it.Yes, I have concerns about ss number safety.

We also have a huge budget allowance from the city over the next few years to improve public transportation measures within the city.

This is exactly why we use the capitalization rate (cap rate) to measure an investment’s return.

And will never find out because the open-space advocates won their measure while the developers measure failed by a whopping 63%! 

Most other things are worth attempting to resolve yourself after ensuring safety and doing research.

Beyond immediate safety concerns, the long-term financial implications, including taxes, are a pressing issue for those impacted by the disaster.

I think you have many great opportunities in that part of NY but I would say develop some metrics and measure markets according to your metrics.