You must evaluate the borrower to determine the likelihood that the loan will be repaid.  

Evaluate historical and current vacancy rates, aiming for decreasing trends.Demographics: For younger populations, focus on proximity to parks and schools.

Please share any great data sources you have found or tips on evaluating areas.My 1-year goal is to purchase 3 multi-family properties, with 8 to 40 units, at least $5000/month of initial cash flow, and some opportunities to improve operations and increase cash flow.I am hoping to forge alliances with like-minded investors to fund Win-Win deals.I am so excited that I have officially started my RE Investing journey!

Has anyone used awning.com to estimate income on short term rentals to analyze a deal?  Wanting to know if its closely reliable to use it to avoid being overly optimistic on a property.  Thank you!

Thank you, looking forward to evaluating all our options!

We don't live in a free market economy we live in a mixed economy where gov'ts step in and create regulations when it's not reasonable to expect consumers to be well educated enough to evaluate their options correctly on their own.

I'd encourage you to evaluate the REIT first, then the DST second.

The entire point of the thread was to evaluate the statement that I've heard many heavy hitters utter on the BP podcast and in BP books.

What tools or methods should I employ to evaluate its true market value?

A 3 Day Money Back guarantee is not nearly long enough to evaluate the software and they know it!