I began inviting them to online zoom meetings I would hold with brokers, agents and investors... friends I had made along the way, where we would just talk strategy, loan types, current market trends etc.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

The idea of my credit union where I bank holding these loans and servicing them and never selling them, keeping it as simple as possible is what sounds the most appealing to me after these experiences.  

These professionals often look for properties like yours to renovate and flip or hold as rentals.

Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment in Stonewall.

(Probably net more cash (75%-80) than they would from selling. (8-10% in selling costs, plus 15%-25% federal taxes and depreciation recapture, and 8-10% state income tax means netting only 55-69%.) and then Hold until they pass.

So if I am looking at an asset as a 10 year play - I look more at the location, schools and how has this market performed in the past excluding covid and 2008 which were extenuating circumstances.Reality is right now shorter term plays do not work based on numbers and cost of financing - we went through this same thing in 2001-2004ish timeframe where properties would appreciate 2-3% per year and after buying costs and closing costs - you were not making money on assets unless you performed the labor or found a really good deal.this is how real estate "typically" is - which is why everyone always says location location location - because after a decent holding period, you will win.

It’s about uncovering high-demand niches that hold up even during fluctuations in the broader market.What I’m describing aligns partly with absorption, but I’m looking for a tool that allows me to drill down into the components of that absorption rate—filtering by factors such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, home type, amenities, and more.Do you see merit in this approach?

However, my hold up is what market to look at that will help me meet my goals.

All you are going to do is put a deposit on it, hold it, and then try to resell it into a much smaller network than it is on now.