Having reasonable expectations, hiring a local professional (Realtor or PM), doing your research, and doing everything right (i.e. pro photos, professional design, good renovation, proper amenities and location, etc) are the keys to success in 2025.

I agree it’s a stalemate right now but in addition to the affordability, the issue is that it’s easy to make 5% (after tax) in the stock market, and has been for several years.  

You would then stress to not incur any improvement cost above $22,000 or you may have to liquidate the property.In this scenariod, $60,000 if you are making an above return at 10% to 12% annually + $30,000 making $4% in a HYSA, the average return is maybe around 8%The blended return would be about 9%You may be better off investing in the stock market, get a slightly lower return but without all the added stress / work.

I haven’t gotten a tour yet, but based on driving by and photos of the inside, it looks ready to rent right away.

No information about dividends in subsequent years could be found in company filings.Most REITs are publicly traded, which means that their stock is bought and sold on public exchanges, with their share prices fluctuating according to investor demand.RAD, however, is among the relatively small set of property companies known as non-traded REITs, whose stock is acquired directly through brokers, not on the open market.

Stretch the terms or better still negotiating favorable terms with the seller could significantly ease the burden of acquiring the property.Private Investors: As of December, the stock/forex market are performing bullishly. 

The guy that turns on and off the lights in the P&G lobby has a couple million in stock.

I've tried stock market and never really made that much.

Their stock prices reflect this profit reality, for example, Allstate’s stock price is up 42% in 2 years.In ten states where regulators have the authority to immediately reject rate increase requests, all have approved double-digit hikes since the start of last year.

To answer your questions here though:Alternative options - I was going to sell all my stocks and etfs, take out a HELOC, and some credit cards to try to shoestring together enough to the deal without a hard money loan.