https://www.har.com/content/department/mlsHouston Real Estate Highlights in November, 2024:-Single-family home sales increased 6.0 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 48 to 52 days;-Total property sales were up 3.3 percent with 7,750 units sold;-Total dollar volume rose 11.1 percent to $3.1 billion;-The single-family median price was up 1.5 percent to $329,900;-The single-family average price climbed 4.1 percent to $418,903; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 4.4-months supply, up from 3.5 months last November.

A one-off property in Newark is either going to get you 15 percent payment or terrible PM unfortunately.

Had a client who thought he had a deal of a lifetime.

They mention returns of 25-36 percent. 

If they ask for a fee up front it’s a scam 100 percent of the time.

IMO I think it's better than FHA, because you don't need to persuade seller to take FHA and no lifetime PMI. 

We went from zero to over fifty rental properties in about 10 years.

To paraphrase Warren Buffet “it takes a lifetime to build your reputation and only a moment to destroy it”

These condos yield 5-8 percent conservatively.

Since they can't do each property individually, they use comparable sales to make broad generalizations to determine percent changes.