This helps in planning and ensures you’re prepared for unexpected costs.Consult with Your CPA Regularly: Have periodic check-ins with your CPA to review your financial strategy, tax planning, and any changes in tax laws that might affect your investments.

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

It was not as streamlined as now and the building department people were kind of skeptical and not helpful (surprise).

No surprises at all.  

Quote from @Varun Hegde: He went on a podcast less than a month ago, so Lane Kawaoka is definitely still marketing himself as an expert.I actually remember reading about him a couple months ago and feeling jealous, but the only way I could've built similar scale is running 90% LTV on multiple deals... sounds like that's what they did.It doesn't surprise me that many of these syndications are blowing up left and right. 

Not surprising.

Didn't help to my surprise.

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.- Insurability & Operations costs: Can be considerably lower (especially in comparison to CA) with most coastal regions there is much lower wildfire risk and the properties that are in flood zones, have surprisingly accessible and affordable policy costs.

Looking at the Citrona website, I see basic spelling mistakes, a lack of executive/owner bios, and no case studies showing the financials for some of your projects (which is surprising as one of the founders worked for 10 years at a financial services firm).