Where do you expect to receive the money to buy out your "partners" in these companies as you drive returns into the ground? 

The macroeconomics are on fire here - population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here.

With technology and the right culture property management companies can be successful with a mix of local and remote team members. 

Many employers are seeing now as a great time to opportunistically buy or lease, usually downsizing, into new office spaces in the district during this period where there are still depressed prices, even on some Class A office spaces.The Resurgence of the Office Market in D.C.The resurgence of employers returning to the city with the pandemic fears now in the rearview mirror is apparent with Q4 of 2024 being the first quarter of positive leasing absorption for office space in the District over the last 10 quarters (Source) Another example is Boston Properties Group (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A Office space in the United States, is building a 320,000 square foot new trophy office in Downtown DC, with 5 floors already pre-leased to the global law firm McDermott Will & Emery as well as the Rockefeller Group developing a 422,000 square foot office building slated for delivery in 2026 at 600 Fifth St.NW, which is similarly 50% pre-leased (Source).

By definition, these type of loans are not the same quality as what is traded on wall street. 

Two flats are essentially just houses.... they trade like houses and there is a lot of emotion involved.

And when you said the management company takes a 550 credit score , all I see in your future are evictions .   

This company might be a good option one day, but not now. 

I traded up for a 7 unit apartment building.

I have learned a lot over the last ~6 months about furnishing a property, managing/pricing a rental, understanding the ins and outs of Airbnb/Furnished Finder, and analyzing real estate investments generally.My business idea is to use that knowledge and start a company that does the following:-Furnishes properties for investors who want to turn their LTR into a MTR/STR, new homebuyers who want to house hack, or just any investor needing a rental furnished.