Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

Personal criteria, building criteria and area criteria will all affect the way a deal appears on paper. two 100 unit apartment complexes, one in an A area and one in a C+ area will have very different financial breakdowns and interest groups.Want to know if a deal is good (for you)?

I’m looking to purchase a 10 acre parcel either in Columbus, Dahlonega, or Helen.I’d like to live on half the land, and develop the other half into five A frame luxury short term rental units. 

She has a ton of units in Des Moines and still lives in the area so may be able to give you some advice on what might work there and what won't.

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

And then I want to progress into single family units and so on.

@Colin Ford recommend getting experience with your RI duplex before going OOS.You should DIY manage the unit next door, so you LEARN about property management, the goog, the bad and the ugly.Then you'll be so much better prepared to invest OOS!

I don't think the typical sub-to deal would lead to equity skimming because they are likely close to foreclosure and there isn't enough time to rent the unit back out and make money allowing the unit to go to foreclosure.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment.

The unit is within blocks of Harvard University and a billion other universities are within a few miles.