@Adam Peralto More & more owners are posting here on BP about their rentals sitting vacant too long.Which means owners aren't paying attention to the rental market - which is slowing, causing Days On Market (DOM) to increase:(Take a look at the graph below from ShowMojo, comparing average DOM for 2018-2024.DOM are now about 40% longer than they were 2 years ago.Many owners also don't seem to be aware of real estate market fundamentals, such as seasonal effects:1) After September, when kids go back to school, there's a noticeable dip in activity in both the sales & rentals.2) After Halloween, there's another noticeable dip.

My advice: focus on building a strong financial foundation first save consistently, manage your credit, and educate yourself on real estate fundamentals.

People just need to understand fundamentals that underpin any type of investment.

I buy and sell 100+ properties per year in Cleveland, Ohio and fundamentally the deals are found through cold calling. 

.--- Tactic 2: Focus on Fundamentals: Zell emphasized cash flow and property performance over speculation.--- Tactic 3: Diversification: He invested across various real estate sectors, reducing risk.2.

Unfortunately, this leads investors to view return of capital as the most critical deal metric and deals that may have better fundamentals which are indicative of long term success are dismissed because 100% return of capital cannot be achieved. 

Learn the fundamentals of dribbling, shooting, passing, etc.

The last thing I’ll add is your objective even when you buy in C or lower class neighborhoods is to invest in neighborhoods that have the fundamentals that suggest they can transition to at minimum a B neighborhood.

Sellers typically  become motivate when they cannot sell the property due to price, defect or simply bad market fundamentals. 

Hey @Larry Caper, you've clearly done an incredible job on building really strong fundamentals in the MF space, so I can see you have the fortitude needed to succeed in REI.