And when a rising tide is lifting all boats, groups that amplified their results by using risky high leverage could score some massive returns until the music stopped, then will subsequently struggle to keep the rest of their portfolio out of foreclosure.

Texas still has solid growth potential, particularly in cities like Austin and Dallas, but prices have risen, so returns may vary.

The thing is there was a lot of appreciation in 2021 and parts of 2022.Real estate didn't appreciate(in general) much from Summer 2022 to start of 2024.In general, the investment, while lagging behind the stock market return, is not a bad investment.You got 10% cash on cash return in year 1 and 8% cash on cash return in year 2.It was negative in year 3 but that is okay if you beleive it to be around 10% going forward.A lot of investors are starving for cash-flowing deals so I am surprised these properties didn't appreciate much.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

Have had some big remodeled units that unfortunately came up late in the year.

Because many have been burned over the past few years investing with sponsors who had little to no experience and investors were caught by the glamourous and sexy returns that were being promised that they were getting four years ago but are now gone from big returns to big losses.So the first question you are gonna have to answer is how do you plan on protecting investors money?

Send it certified mail, return receipt requested if you are so inclined. 

Your best returns with the lowest headaches will be SFR in a non HOA area :)

Once you're at a $3,000 net loss, that amount can offset other income as an adjustment on your tax return. 

Just about as popular as BlockBuster Video's Late Fee.There's a completely different movement in MF charging called "low power L2".