I'm an out-of-state investor so using property management in some fashion is a must.

Generally the biggest con or concern on rural (from dscr lender perspective) is the availability of the land to build competitive supply cheaply that can challenge the value of the subject property. 

Some start much higher than that.In our area it is simple supply and demand - there is a very large demand for our services, there is limited capacity to provide services. 

Demand is too high and supply too low!

It was popular before the riots hit but now it's just kind of old fashioned looking but fits in in the neighborhoods because so many other places have it.

To note is that Berkeley has very low housing supplies and a strong rental market driven by UC Berkeley.

Either way - it takes a few minutes to drag and drop a whole folder onto a listing photo upload page and then order them in a meaningful fashion (front of house or major feature first, etc) - adding individual photo descriptions is a PITA though.You're exactly on point about the paperwork - sellers should be filling this out, not agents.

@Don Konipoli can have some sympathy for #4, since it's drilled into everyone now that you can't advance in any field unless you 'have a mentor' - so i try to redirect those into an old-fashioned pursuit called 'making friends' or, not quite as bad, 'networking.'

Housing Inventory is RisingUnsold inventory sits at a 3.2-month supply, up from 2.9 months in February and 2.7 months in March 2023, or 1.1M available homes.

@Amber StoutIf they do not reduce the money supply they may need to increase rates vs decrease them as we are heading in this quarter where last year MoM inflation was very low so by end of June/July inflation being closer to 4 could be a possibility….