No-one is successful (outside of occasional tech start-ups) on revenue, especially when you are talking about real estate, a highly leveraged industry, and hospitality, a fairly low margin service industry.  

It looked all very nice, but, I made a comment that there was a lot of windows and it was very easy for people walking by to look insideThe agent told me that windows and open spaces were now industry standard gyms due to safety issues.

I figured out the only two money making industries that don’t care about felonies (I have four) is hospitality and construction.

@Navjeet Singh it sounds like you're making a big mistake and you used a very shady agent (unfortunately it is common in this industry.

I've been at the same job for 3 years now and in the same industry for about 12 years.I do live in the house I own, As far as the HELOC, that was kind of my plan to utilize that as a down payment...ive been reading about the DSCR loans, why do you say I wouldn't be ready for that as a first timer?

Document every aspect of your project to analyze what worked and what didn’t.Networking with other flippers and industry pros can also provide valuable insights.

Than I'd say look at what other involvement do they have with other industry specific organizations, if need to keep narrowing it down. 

(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

Oftentimes, there's overlap between the two recommendations, but you also get a mix of different options.Also, to shed a little light on the insurance industry, premiums have increased significantly year over year across the entire country.

We do not recommend to any of our clients to pay points right now as the industry as a whole is anticipating rate cuts within the next 12-18 months.