Hi everyone, I built a gentrification prediction heatmap for 54 US cities..it also shows cash-flowing properties in those neighborhoods. I'd love to get people's thoughts if anyone is interested in taking a look?

Alternatively you could be a cash partner for an active investor (like me).

However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey.

Many lenders will not touch under $400k, if not $250k, so you're probably going to need to get some type of exception or look to some other type of alternative lenders, who won't need to do income verification (They are out there).  

However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey.

Define your investment goals, familiarize yourself with related terms, evaluate your financial situation, begin small, investigate markets, establish investment standards, cultivate professional connections, carry out exhaustive due diligence, investigate funding alternatives, and determine whether to manage the property on your own or by hiring a property management company.Decide what you want to achieve—stable cash flow, long-term growth, tax advantages, or all of these—and dedicate some time to learning about them by reading books, using the internet, taking classes, and attending seminars.

I have seen they have been pushing RentRedi a lot on the podcasts lately and I fell victim to their marketing tactics and checked them out.They seem to have fairly reasonable plans ($9/month for year plan) and offer a variety of features but I am still confused why someone would pay for property management software when there are so many free alternatives out there. 

What is also very common is to charge a more aggressive security deposit or do a regular security deposit plus a monthly Security deposit alternative on top of rent to ensure you are properly Collateralized.

The market needs alternatives to the OTAs and they're already set up and established - if they would just make some basic improvements it would help everyone! 

Private investment funds allow you to invest alongside a small group of other investors, while REITs offer publicly traded stocks that represent an ownership stake in a larger pool of properties around the world.Commercial real estate has always been considered an "alternative investment," but it is fast becoming more mainstream.