Check out The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods to get a firm grasp on why that is.

How will you scale as far as down payments?  

And this is a biggee wading through the fake lenders or the Joker brokers that tell you what you want to hear  but cant get the deals funded and you lose the deal and a lot of money.3. with actual PML  private people  usually have very limited funds so cant scale with them.. they can have a life event and just stop doing loans all together..

But i was able to achieve the elusive infinite return on a majority of my RE and all of my investment RE that I purchased prior to 2020.Infinite return has the benefit that the finances are not the hindrance to scale.  

Great for personal residence but not for scaling.  

Mailing cards are expensive and needs to be done at scale.

With the economy of scale in multifamily, each additional unit nets you a little more than the last, as a rule of thumb.

Of course, the smaller the property, the more necessary that you see every inch of it because there isn't a business running on top of the land like large-scale multifamily, self-storage, industrial, and more.

There are so many great strategies to help you scale your portfolio, so I understand your desire to find the right plan and avoid mistakes.

For the last 4 years I have purchased 7 rental homes that are all renting but similarly to monopoly it’s time to scale.