Here are a few questions to get the conversation started:For Buyers:What strategies are you using to find good deals despite increasing interest rates and competitive bidding?

You may want to shop your competition, and check the market.

We leveraged our expertise to secure the property at a competitive price, ensuring there was enough margin to make necessary renovations and achieve a profitable sale.

In the ten-year period beginning with Q2 2014, the Downtown submarket has experienced the greatest introduction of new inventory, 3.3 million square feet, amounting to 20.5% of all new competitive stock added to the market.Asking and Effective RentDuring May, the metro's asking rent remained unchanged at $42.24.

These areas often have less competition, lower prices, and better cash flow potential.

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Still today, most every competitor of ours has blatantly or partially launched their services based on Carrot... but Carrot still crushes the competition in most every measureable performance indicator... because of my intentional focus to just outserve our clients.

They are very thorough and competitive on price.  

There are plenty of property package carriers that are just as competitive and can be purchased through an IA.

I live and invest in a classic "cash flow markets" (which has seen 8 years of steady appreciation and is hyper competitive and has very little inventory), and I would not feel comfortable to promise you quick and easy cash flow, certainly not within the time limitations of a 1031.