Google MapsGoogle Maps is a fantastic and free tool for scouting potential properties and understanding neighborhood dynamics.

For real estate investors, Texas represents a dynamic market with long-term growth potential.

You need to understand deal dynamics, sponsor's approach, etc.  2.

I think that if you play around with the right deals, you will find that return does increase if you lever up to 50%, but if the debt is negative leverage (interest rate higher than the cap rate, going to max LTV can actually decrease your returns due to this dynamic. 

New York offers such a dynamic market for that!

It all makes for an interesting dynamic that we've yet to see fully play out.Detroit prices are up 2x in the last 5 years.

There are two idea I’m batting around in my head right now to get started on my REI journey – I can do it purely on the investing side and become a private lender or a source of hard money loans to builders/developers (maybe that looks like funding a construction loan collecting interest payments while buying time to better understand the dynamics and build relationships) or I can JV/partner with a builder and get equity (upside on a flip/sale) which would be more hands on.Curious what ya’ll input, what you think is the best route for me to dip my toes into REI given my aforementioned situation and current market.

This kind of system could really shift the dynamics and possibly make the process fairer for both buyers and sellers."

They would be managing 4 to 5 cabins, and I would be setting my daily rates dynamically to maximize occupancy, so this would be a consistently significant workload for the VA(s).

Real estate is very different.Landlord-tenant laws are only one small component of the decision-making and it's just an issue you deal with when for investing in a highly dynamic market like NYC.On the flip side, if I take my market Milwaukee: despite a chronic housing shortage, we don't have a national home builder working here.