Most “Gurus”, authors, advisors and experienced real estate investors preach obtaining seller “carry back” financing for property buyers in order to (1) obtain financing when they don’t qualify for a 3rd party loan (2) obtain financing when the property doesn’t qualify for financing and or (3) extend the “buying power” of their capital contribution (down payment) to purchase a larger more expensive property by having the seller provide a subordinated mortgage loan.That’s all and good, but why should the seller agree to finance the purchase of his property, instead of getting CASH for his equity?

The primary reason a lot of people move on to bigger deals (80 units plus), is that it's possible to own larger properties in markets that make economic sense but may be far from where you live. 80 Units seems to be the target so you can hire your own full-time property manager and maintenance person, versus relying on local property managers to manage smaller multi-family properties on your behalf.

There's a lot of opportunity for that in the Highlands area of Denver with some of the older larger homes there and also in Arvada because the hills make it so that some basements are walkout and can easily be divided into an up/down duplex. 

The numbers are better, the city is growing and going through major revitalization, and it's a much larger city with name recognition. 

Mitigation Strategy: Cost-efficiency improvements such as energy-saving upgrades or negotiating better service contracts to reduce operating expenses.

These guys can be larger and clunky when it comes to appraisal turn times as well as overall communication.  

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Initially, we bought the larger house 7 years ago because we had family members living with us at the time.

They mostly make sense for larger commercial real estate deals of $2 million and above.

A quick Google search for the Ashland, KY area only list a larger local company and I'm fairly certain they own all the properties they manage, or out of state companies that I'm not sure would manage quads (which is probably where I would start).