I am not going to deep dive here.I usually lose these sorts of deals to people willing to underwrite more aggressively. 

@Chris LinIf you were to include Equity growth (from appreciation and mortgage pay-down) what sort of returns would you have? 

But with each passing day, doing the song-n-dance of Corporate America started to feel like my soul was being sucked from my body.

No 'press 1 to talk to our sales team, press 2 to...' sort of thing. 

If I get some sort of rental income coming in I'd have a safety net and can do more traveling 🤔  It does not have to be sexy.  

Lately I’ve been considering wholesaling as I’ve heard it’s sort of an easy, low-cost avenue for beginners. 

While dealing with all sorts of people, and dealing with lease violators, are all part of owning/managing properties, YOU set the tone for how you will be treated and how your tenants are expected to behave. 

One of my clients just built a new home in Los Altos hills really cool bout 4500 sq ft modern and he is in it over  6 mil just build cost.. young guy late 30s has some sort of on line something. 

Landlords sorted by unit count in Philadelphia as of January 20th, 2025.Note: It doesn't reflect pure ownership, especially for corporate landlords.

All messaging said "soon", when generally there would be some sort of notice or indication things would change.