In addition, trade policies have introduced new cost pressures, with a 10% tariff on Chinese imports raising prices on certain goods, though tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports remain suspended until March.

In my business for example we texted about 35k people last month and got 163 leads and about 3 contracts out of that.What does that work out to "cost per contract"?

With insurance rates going up, best to find areas with the lowest operating cost.

If you are buying loans then its more complex as you have discounts involved, monthly cash flows, outflows (like servicing costs) and unknown exit dates.

The hard money 10% plus additional thousands in closing costs was too much to swallow. 

The issue is our land value is high, so the structure value is low compared to the overall property cost. 

It saved my quite a bit on interest costs.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

This post has nothing to do with cost segs.

Instead they go about it a** backwards and add more red tape and more complications costing the city and it's residents more money