At the heart of effective property management lies the ability to balance the competing interests of three critical stakeholders: owners, tenants, and vendors.

You are likely competing with a lot of unsophisticated buyers who have money and hear owning a 4 plex is a smart investment.5.

They provide homes for people with much risk to themselves,  at a price that competes with thousands of other landlords, with no help from anybody. 

You pay a higher price for beautiful properties because you are competing with owner occupants. 

I would have to imagine folks who are competent enough to represent this type of value-add are typically focusing on larger opportunities than small to mid-size SFR portfolios.  

Over the years, I’ve witnessed both newbie and seasoned investors get misled by various players in the real estate game, from wholesalers to contractors, realtors, property managers.

They are citing a lot of inventory competing for the same tenants.

Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far). 

Advice.....For SFH Just accept there will be competing offers for any decent property in those areas. 

I invested with ODC fairly recently for some of the same reasons many others have, Brandon, his positivity, energy and drive to succeed, ability to build a competent team, the network he has built, the communication and the investment structure the sponsors invested in themselves. ultimately, It is STILL our job as investors to monitor our money, ask questions and evaluate the sponsors' thru their reports.