@Melissa SejourRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

That may impact the amount you have listedYour most advantageous route for financing will be seller carry or finding a private lender.

You don't always have to incentivize a tenant with a discount to get the tenant to stay, nor keep rents stagnant, but it is good to be aware of the business impact with respect to cost too.

@Monty Alston It has some impact but no lenders will give you credit for having experience building a home unless you have built or renovated a home in the last 3-5 years.

FL can't do a dang thing to stop a hurricane, but they at least try to put in place mitigation items to lesson impact. 

Studies show good staging does have an impact on your sale.

An idle brain/body just begins to get worse if you stop using them.

i heard thru others that both Dutch and Amy have body gaurds and they roughed up a investor over the weekend of the event they did in Tampa. 

But the NAHB also reiterated evidence of an ongoing labor shortage, saying, “The ongoing skilled labor shortage in the construction labor market and lingering inflation impacts account for the recent acceleration in wage growth.”For now, the hot market is still rolling.

Another option is to co-sign but that has the same impact on my credit and responsibility to the bank.