Were there any "intangible" value created through this build that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers? 

I'm in the Tampa area and mainly had mine in the Pinellas County area.  

I've been living in my current house hack for ~1.5, and I placed my tenants in September 2023 (lease is up at the end of August).

I mean come on!

@Paul Choate sends out the 'invite' each month so you can follow him, or try setting up a keyword with 'OKC' or 'Oklahoma' and it will pop up in your feed.

@Matt RollinsSince your goal is to replace your W2 income through real estate within 10 years, starting with a house hack is a smart move, but Utah’s high prices may make it challenging to cash flow.

Quote from @Dennis McNeely: In a sandwich lease option, the investor exercises their option with the property owner to purchase the property when the tenant-buyer indicates they're ready to exercise their option and purchases the property.

The last year we increased 5% points in occupancy.Our Marketing spend:                               2024                         2023SEO                       $18,000                 $21,000  Paying to get our website and location occupancy up as fast as possible from 0% to ??

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

Theoretically, I should be able to collect the funds from the deal, should my family member decide to go through with the deal.