This deal was very organic.

I keep seeing contracts with 2-3 week turn times.The lender has to be communicative, extremely organized, and is often a crucial part in giving sellers confidence in choosing your offer.All of this on top of offering great pricing is someone you want on your team.

John Roberts Jr is one of the organizers, is a CPA, and knows the ins and outs of tax advantages for REI.

We organize and manage the project with a good moral compass to guide us.

Having separate checking accounts (and credit cards) specifically for the rental properties might help the most as far as expense organization (and tax) accountability.

I assume it’s one of those older, giant homes near Edgewater and Lakewood where the rooms are tiny. 

I bought for the long term.people also overestimate how quickly giant, mature markets shift.

Fort Worth based with the organizer Jimmy Reed.

This deal was financed with a 20 percent-down, 5.5% investment property loan from my own bank, with a giant balloon payment at the end of 6 years How did you add value to the deal?

Thank you both for the input, the majority of our current buyers list has been achieved mostly as you all mentioned, just through organic networking and marketing but wanted to explore other options if they were proving fruitful for others.Instead, you all have confirmed what I already sort of thought.