As I've discovered, a well-coordinated team can overcome obstacles and produce incredible outcomes.It is critical to document your real estate transactions and operations in order to preserve structure and scalability.

I like Appfolio as it is highly scalable and has a lot of nice features of high touch for the customers. 

I want to build a scalable business for myself and my clients that consistently provides above average returns.  

I've laid out some pros and cons below that we thought of off the cuff: Single Family: Pros:- Many potential targets (more available)- More likely to find a deal (but varies from market to market)- Location (more SF homes in more locations compared to MF)- Condition (easier to find new(er) inventory)- Exit Strategies (can resell to an investor AND/OR an owner occupier)- Simpler Financing (residential compared to commercial lending)- Self Management Option (easier to manage one home as opposed to many tenants)- House hacking (many forms of this in a SF home)- Lower barrier to entry/lower buy-in costs (cheaper properties) - House Swap (primary residence financing with rental income after moving out)- Tax benefits (potential to 1031 exchange or Section 121 exemption for primary residence) (always check w/ your CPA) Cons:- Generally lower returns (owner occupants also drive pricing) - Single tenant income (less diversified income) - Potential for more upkeep (yard work, trees, etc.)Multifamily:Pros: - Efficient management (more tenants in one location) - Higher cash flow (generally a greater return than SF) - Utilities (more utility efficiency) - Tax benefits (1031 exchange, cost seg, 39 year depreciation on 5+ units) (always check w/ your CPA) - Can force appreciation (through decreasing expenses/increasing rents) - Very scalable (can keep 1031ing and "upgrading" in unit count with the next property in one place) - Income diversification (many streams of income on one parcel in one place) - Larger targets can yield higher returns (as unit count grows, generally cash flow does as well)Cons:- More complex (typically significant nuance)- Fewer opportunities to buy (fewer targets available) - Older inventory (generally on smaller MF)

It's all about scalability over time! 

I understand that Matt was able to come up with a strategy that is a little unorthodox in terms of getting into the first deal with no money down and making it scalable, but he was still accredited at the time of that first investment.

When deciding if my insight is good or not one should probably factor in that I have sold $100M over the last couple years....Mostly all single & small multi family rentals to out of state investors. scalability with SFR is limited in itself, I'll agree there 100%and I'm not going to agree with you just because you've done more than me ;) I simply said your statement "the days of buying good deals off the mls" is incorrect. always happy to have differing opinions though

I don't know if what my business partner and I do is scalable, but I would like to find out a bit more about the business side of property management.

There is a lot of opportunity with small ones but the scalability creates lots of challenges.

Well, the purpose of financing is scalability.