I especially liked Matt's process of creating my business plan as it forced me to really think about it, get it right and make it easily understood by my clients.His process for the offering also made me think about transparency and other ethical issues that are required by law to be disclosed in the offering.

There is the tactical "act" of underwriting, then there is the much more valuable "art" of underwriting.The act can easily be taught.  

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

So your $250 per push on a 10 inch snow storm could easily be $2000 for both buildings .

Moving south...here are some quick areas of note: Florence - Centrally located and easily accessible from Eugene.

You could put in a range of numbers for purchase price and closing costs, renovation expenses, and expected returns and you could very quickly get a range of projected return on investments (although an excel spreadsheet could easily do this as well), but I'm sure as technology develops we will see even more sophistication in AI's ability to assist in deal analyzing.

This is something that can easily be changed later if needed.

The only time I'd say it's an okay idea is if either: The area you're investing in is expecting so much appreciation that you will easily profit off that (watch out for mortgage interest though...the appreciation needs to be higher than what you pay in that and expenses to make it profitable)You have some specific reason for wanting to do it- family ties, future home, major long-term hold, etc.Maybe I'm forgetting another one, but those two are all I have for now...

You could easily buy land that is zoned for multi-family and find a lot where you could build 4-8 townhomes.

But I would think they all can easily run the comps so you know the numbers you are aiming for in any given neighborhood/block/property.