Your best bet is to partner on a few apartment complexes with good credit partners.

I am looking to invest in the Metairie, LA market. It is a suburb just outside of New Orleans. Can someone provide some insight on how you structure your commercials loans? My parents who invest, say they never do dea...

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

How does the GRM factored into the appraised value of the complex, and on some of the other forums I read the lower the GRM the better the value for purchase (in short). 

This duplex features a large backyard .

Best tip: Go to "B or C" apartment complex, locate the maintenance man, he is jack of all trades, master of none but can do almost anything you need done.....he gets paid at best $15-20 an hour.  

Hello, my friend, hemlane is good, but you could also try avail, it has a lot of features as well and, as for me, it's a simpler interface.

@Shari Azama- thanks   1) if you are  interested in buying more properties - consider getting pre approved to make sure you can obtain financing that you might need   2) working  for a  family owned  business  may be an issue so getting pre approved will help address this  3) best  and most simple way to escalate paying down the loan is to try to make one extra payment per yr  4) if considering moving and  renting out the condo in the future - check with your HOA to make sure the  unit can become a  rental unit  ( some complexes dont allow this ) - thanks 

A really good episode of the Bigger Pockets Podcast on YouTube recently features an investor specializing in mobile homes. 

Check title records to see if they actually own those properties or have a lease for arbitraging.Use the California Secretary of State's business lookup feature to see if they are in good standing.