* Raising capital for your deals- focus on specific verticals that are heavy with passive investors.

Good acquisition deals on Multi-Family are a much harder to find though due to competitiveness in the market.

@Richard Whitaker the companies that will be competitive on a 5 unit building will be represented by an independent agents, so best to ask for a good broker who specializes int he REI space than the company name.  

I invest in a very competitive market so I feel that it is quite challenging to conquer zip codes, but I will differently take what you’ve said into consideration.

Check out auctions too but I think competition is steep.

If you don’t want heavy rehabs, your job of finding the deal meeting your criteria is going to be very difficult.

We are in a fairly competitive market in Augusta, and are getting above average numbers as far as click through rate and conversions.

There is a lot of competition but I haven't found it to create a lack of deals.

The partners were not making payments on time and many times he found himself doing the heavy lifting until it all went south, the market tanked, and they sold and all took their loses.I don't mean to sound negative here and that might not be the case here, but if I were you, I would vet these partners very carefully to make sure they are good for the investment.

Review "Max search volume" and "Top of page bid (high range)" to get a feel for what are common searched phrases and what are highly competitive keyword phrases.