It's 2024 and it seems everyone has forgotten the Great Recession (GR) and Financial Crisis (FC).

So when people think there is limited supply, there also is limited demand macro economically because most cannot afford a home.

Considering the current economic climate, where layoffs are happening every other day, and interest rates are going off the roof, is it a good time to invest in STR or wait for some time?

@Brian Burke Both of these properties have management issues, starting out 18 months ago occupancy was in mid 80's at takeover, but the economic vacancy was high a lot of delinquency, courts backed up and they couldn't evict fast enough, meanwhile they did most of the Capex but weren't able to fill all the upgraded units quickly, they changed management companies and things were getting better but not fast enough, and yes it has bridge debt with no rate cap, and the amount of the capital is to be able and hold on till they hit 90% occupancy and will be able to refinance.Lessons I'm learning, Due diligence is walking every unit, looking at every lease and checking if money from leases are actually going into the bank.

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So, looking at the flips I take on, with anticipated profits in the $70k+ range, the setup costs alone are eating nearly 20% of your potential profits, and that is before any real splits with your investors, leaving both your investors and you with not a lot of money left to spread around.A fund could work, but typically, for the economics of a syndication/fund structure to work, you are looking at several million of equity, leveraged up to high single millions, if not into $10+ million range for their to be enough money to make it worth everyone's efforts.

Our living expense needs are pretty well handled by Social Security and pensions, so there is no crisis at hand.First unit is a $410k listing with no mortgage.

Rust Belt (like you are looking it) is OK but pretty economically depressed.

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I read industry magazines like Multifamily Executive, The Real Deal, etc and see who is buying, then google that company.Again, I don't want to imply this is a steadfast rule, but often times, when I find groups that have long track records, consistently good returns through multiple economic cycles (definitely experience through Financial Crisis, and ideally dating back to 90's), I will get on calls with their team to find out that they are QP only offerings, and/or have $150k+ minimums.