Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

From your website and marketing efforts to finding great partners who can help you succeed, you will find your time getting eaten up by a lot of things that are not the core of your business.

Following the sage wisdom of David Greene, our plan is to establish a "Core 4" team in a few different markets and develop those into profitable business relationships.As we've just started on this path, any advice is welcome, and anyone interested in working with motivated fledgling investors, please feel free to reach out!

There got be compelling reasons for not wanting to complete transaction after an offer is accepted.

There is also Landlord locks.com (or something close to that) they offer a few different options of replaceable core locks.

Start to attend COIN, COREE, Columbus Multifamily Investors Meetup, and Columbus Deal Makers Sessions (if you haven't already).

My issue is that I craved knowledge and I was willing to make myself uncomfortable to get it.Four years later, and these gatherings now work like this:I meet up with a core group of friends before the meetups and we have dinner and a drink or two ahead of time. 

Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

If the lender doesn’t have a compelling reason to doubt the appraisal, then that tends to be the end of the line.

looks like a typical push pier/pin pile with a grouted core.