Expanding to nearby areas with lower costs and strong rental demand can also make sense.

Be upfront with sellers, buyers, and partners to build trust and avoid disputes down the road.- Focus on Motivated SellersDon’t waste time chasing deals that don’t fit.

I’ve had several investor clients go with a new (to me)/ unproven lender because of a slightly lower rate promise only to get burned by that lender (closing costs were higher, appraisal costs much higher and appraisal was a nightmare, main point of contact gave us the clear to close as we passed our financing contingency then just before closing someone from the underwriting department we previously didn’t know existed said we need a few more days and seller didn’t agree because they had a higher backup offer, jeopardizing the earnest money and losing the property, etc).

As of today, May 19, 2024, he is advertising a single family house for sale in Rosedale (Queens), NY for $250k, while stating that it will be a short sale once a prospective buyer makes and offer that's accepted by the seller after providing proof of funds. 

There is almost no understanding CPM- several multimillion dollar coliving start-ups have FAILED b/c they saw the demand for coliving w/out seeing the need for a respective form of property management (see HubHaus, Common, Starling, etc). 

I initially intended to put down $50,000 to get a sellers concession where they would cover closing costs and a 2-1 buy down (we have to put down 10% or more down for the seller to be allowed to give us that that amount concession, around 5.8% off the purchase price of $484,500, seller concessions are capped at 6% with a 10% or more DP).

That’s why sellers use it.

@Lolo DruffWhen investing in properties, I aim to balance high cash flow with appreciation potential in affordable, stable markets with strong rental demand.

During the Maverick Investment Group webinar, ABC Baltimore made the following guarantees that were also in our final contract with ABC Baltimore-1) If the rehab takes longer than 120 days, the seller (ABC Baltimore) will pay us a rental guarantee of $1400 per month.2) If the house after rehab is completed appraises for less than our total purchase price of $106,000 then the seller will buy the house back.Assured by these guarantees in the contract, we signed the contract for $106,000.

The sellers have not been responsive when asked to provide that information, which is why I was wondering if it's a typical practice prior to submitting an offer.