Periodically checking the realtor.com and zillow "sold" listings in your areas of interest will keep you generally informed on what properties are actually selling for.Feel free to reach out with any questions during your research phase, happy to share some additional stats/info.

We make the design but we let our landscapers choose the actual types of plants based on season and cost. 

I have a good agent I've worked with for years and letting him represent me not only gives me the advantage of additional counsel, it also gives me someone else to do the heavy lifting so I can concentrate on the deals themselves rather than the intricacies of the actual contract, the process of moving everything through closing and all the hiccups that often come with investment properties.

Because let's be honest, they are always looking for a reason to do so.I'm especially interested to hear from anyone who actually encountered this issue and how it was handled or who works in the homeowners/landlord insurance industry.Thanks!

There are many nuances to the liens on properties and in some instances you could be buying a note in a second position that actually doesn't give you the right to own the property above the first position.

Totally useless for making go/no-go decisions, just like the average-only market stats from RedFin & Zillow.Stay away from AI, demographic data, and average-only market data/stats if you want to "make a data driven decision towards purchase", they are all too broad/meaningless to actually help make that go/no-go decision.

Also if you have found that it has actually helped with things like tenant retention?

(i can say though that DC actually doesn't have a lot of small multis. 

I'm actually interviewing PMs and CO Hosts this week, and Handyman for installation of all the furnishings set to show up at the property in January. 

I use FBMarketplace and generate tons of inquiries and fewer actual results.