Request data on default rates and how they handle defaults.Check Licensing and Regulation:Ensure the firm is properly licensed and regulated by the appropriate state or federal authorities.Confirm their compliance with all relevant lending laws and regulations.Assess Financial Stability:Review the firm’s financial statements and balance sheets.

When things were going downhill they went into my Trello and my google drive and copied all my business data out (including data that was for another business not landflipping).

About 252 data points over the past 2 years.

Rental rates typically do rise YOY, but if you are using future rent projections it is a good idea to get a historical data of rent growth in the area you are investing in. 

If someone says yes, with no data to support their claim, you're just going to believe them?

@Sandeep Dhall I'm curious what you mean by bad data. 

Purchase price: $350,000 Cash invested: $16,000 Sale price: $392,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Glenn Klingensmith, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Finsbury Drive, Spring Hill, FL.

Purchase price: $330,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Sale price: $399,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Seth Choate, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Tip Top Road, Mariposa, CA.

Texas added nearly half a million people, a 1.5% gain, or three times the national average. 2023 2022-2023 % Population State Population Change Change (2022–23) South Carolina 5,373,555 90,600 1.71% Florida 22,610,726 365,205 1.64% Texas 30,503,301 473,453 1.58% Idaho 1,964,726 25,730 1.33% North Carolina 10,835,491 139,526 1.30% Delaware 1,031,890 12,431 1.22% District of Columbia** 678,972 8,023 1.20% Tennessee 7,126,489 77,513 1.10% Utah 3,417,734 36,498 1.08% Georgia 11,029,227 116,077 1.06% South Dakota 919,318 9,449 1.04% Arizona 7,431,344 65,660 0.89% Montana 1,132,812 9,934 0.88% Oklahoma 4,053,824 34,553 0.86% Arkansas 3,067,732 21,328 0.70% Alabama 5,108,468 34,565 0.68% North Dakota 783,926 5,014 0.64% Colorado 5,877,610 36,571 0.63% Nevada 3,194,176 16,755 0.53% Nebraska 1,978,379 10,319 0.52% Maine 1,395,722 6,384 0.46% Indiana 6,862,199 29,925 0.44% Wyoming 584,057 2,428 0.42% Virginia 8,715,698 36,599 0.42% Minnesota 5,737,915 23,615 0.41% Washington 7,812,880 28,403 0.36% Wisconsin 5,910,955 20,412 0.35% Kentucky 4,526,154 14,591 0.32% New Jersey 9,290,841 30,024 0.32% Missouri 6,196,156 18,988 0.31% Massachusetts 7,001,399 18,659 0.27% Maryland 6,180,253 16,272 0.26% Iowa 3,207,004 7,311 0.23% Connecticut 3,617,176 8,470 0.23% New Hampshire 1,402,054 3,051 0.22% Ohio 11,785,935 26,238 0.22% Rhode Island 1,095,962 2,120 0.19% Kansas 2,940,546 3,830 0.13% Vermont 647,464 354 0.05% New Mexico 2,114,371 895 0.04% Michigan 10,037,261 3,980 0.04% Mississippi 2,939,690 762 0.03% Alaska 733,406 130 0.02% Loss Pennsylvania 12,961,683 -10,408 -0.08% Oregon 4,233,358 -6,021 -0.14% California 38,965,193 -75,423 -0.19% West Virginia 1,770,071 -3,964 -0.22% Illinois 12,549,689 -32,826 -0.26% Hawaii 1,435,138 -4,261 -0.30% Louisiana 4,573,749 -14,274 -0.31% Puerto Rico* 3,205,691 -14,422 -0.45% New York 19,571,216 -101,984 -0.52% Awesome data here!

Take a look at the data from rentcafe.