Please suggest top cities/zip codes to look for in 2025 based on your experience.

Vacant properties can sometimes be the way to go because you can try and get top market rent, as well as include any fees or protocols that might not be in a standard lease.  

Hopefully things continue to progress, and you come out on top with a huge equity position/high cash flow when it's all completed. 

In many cases, the services are overly complexed and do nothing but add additional recurring costs to the client (which these service providers often benefit from).

@Rajendran Subramaniam looking at it from a 7-10 year lens I'd say the Texas market would provide the strongest return and that'll mainly be through appreciation.

It typically pays out actual cash value (ACV) for damages.DP-2 (Broad Form): DP-2 policies provide more comprehensive coverage than DP-1, covering additional perils like burglary, freezing pipes, and falling objects.

Professionals find good deals, operates them professionally hopefully providing a profit without you have to deaL with the issues that face a landlord every day. 

Use the top three or four discriminators so applicants can screen themselves.Then you need to have clear screening criteria yourself.

Not having the latter I find myself on a journey to build a portfolio not just for wealth's sake, but to move the proverbial needle on beautiful design and provide a more pleasant built environment for all!

If he’s refusing to provide that, I’d take a close look at your management agreement to see what’s actually required.If he keeps pushing back, that’s a red flag.