Primarily self limiting beliefs.One of my clients just closed on their first commercial deal and they only had one duplex before I started working with them. 

Account for property management costs if you’re not managing it yourself and compare financing options.Tools like Rentometer (rental rates), BiggerPockets Calculator (cash flow analysis), CoStar/LoopNet (market data), and PropStream (property details) can help you evaluate deals effectively.

Now I own and self manage 29 SFR and find it to be easy.

I see far too many having effectively no co-invest once you net out the acquisition fee.

I've seen a lot of this lately where GPs are offering outside investors pref equity to effectively "save" the project from foreclosure.

Which is more cost effective/efficient. 

With inventory tightening and competition increasing, what strategies have been most effective for sourcing truly undervalued properties?

Hi @NA*I am not affiliated with Sodt Pull Solutions*To perform soft credit pulls on potential borrowers, services like Soft Pull Solutions can be highly effective.

With management or attempting OOS self-managing? 

You have to keep in mind that a plex will never be valued the same as an SFH, and renovations may not have the same effect on the value as an SFH.If renovations are not needed right now, I would work toward getting the rent to market for the as-is condition and then renovate each side when you have turnover.