@Alicia Marks- Hi Alicia- I have no idea if you are still checking this, but here goes...I have a small portfolio, yet have managed to place bets in extremely high appreciation markets.

If you aren't clear on it, I would bet they have no idea either. 

Plus if you do not have a well established team to get your project finished up before the end of the summer selling season, you may not get the return you were expecting as holding costs and declining values are eating profits.Option 2 sounds like a safer bet, but yes you will have to cover some expenses and may have to carry the property with your own cash until rent prices appreciate enough over the years to cover your mortgage payments. 

I bet you can guess what happened next.

Syndicators that have investors that keep investing deal after deal indicate that they are trustworthy and follow through.

Santa Cruz, Monterrey.But I bet HOA Condo that would allow Airbnb would be zero.

The equities side is actually a hedge; you're really 67%-80% betting on debt. 

Your best bet is to borrower the downpayment (although, if your property doesn't debt service, you won't cash flow)

Rentometer as @Tommy Katzenellenbogen said would be another fantastic bet. 

I’m betting someone who rents out 1950’s homes in the Midwest would use a percent higher than 0%.