To provide an example, I was previously employed in the legal department of HHM, which at the time was a an affiliate management company of a publicly traded hotel development/operation company where we managed  the portfolio of  hotels as well as provided 3rd party management services.

The decision to buy the first home wasn’t from FOMO.

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.

This turned out to be a great decision for us and our investors, because a few months after the buyout was complete we sold the property for a massive gain, and our investors received profits that would otherwise have been allocated to the institutional LP had they still been in the deal.For these reasons but not only these reasons we choose to raise capital from our base of HNW investors. 

What can I do in the time being to help me with the decisions to come next Fall?

It seems like there are a lot of choices out there so I am looking for anything that can help me navigate making a decision. 

I currently use RentRedi (courtesy of BP Pro) to self-manage the tenants.Where We Are NowIt’s been three months since we moved in, and while the renovations have been challenging, I couldn’t be happier with the decision.

What did you do other than trust everyone else to make decisions for you?

Unless you have very small apartments or with strange layout, I think you should be shooting for higher rents in this neighborhood which would probably make the decision for you to just go ahead and get the rehabs done before next year's high demand rental season.

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