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Is this pocket a value oriented area (most sq ft per dollar of rent) or will they care more about proximity to highways, retail, walkability?  

im looking to get into a house hack in either there or venice, or even palmetto, still just looking but would like to be educated when i do decide to make the move, any tips are appreciated, also if you need any help let me know!

I guess that tipped him off that I, or someone, was coming, because the new contractor got a call from Chris.

My assumption is that there are a lot of bad apples, and very few that actually care about the seller.

I intend to rent out the units by room to college students (does it sound like this would work in this area and what are some general tips/things I should look out for?).

With your balance sheet and cash, you can put together creative deals without giving up equity and without using your cash but you are going to need to find a market and product which has 7-8% cap rates.I invest in the northeast, Great Lakes area.Diverse economies with education, healthcare as the back bone and tech as growth.In your area, you’ll have to raise way more capital in the form of equity just to meet DSCR with the banks.

She would be putting all the cash down for the property and I'm a contractor and would take care of all of the rehab work along with finding the house, dealing with real estate agent etc. how can we make it so that it would be 50-50 ownership of the property and all future profit? 

Be careful.

Take care of the hard job first.