Dive into detailed market research, establish clear investment objectives, evaluate your financial readiness, analyze properties thoroughly, and perform due diligence before finalizing any transactions.

These are just talks we have from time to time on experience with how a GP thinks when sourcing and evaluating deals.For value add I only do very fat deals now to syndicate for single tenant.

It seems that Decatur and Athens are both on the path of progress.

I was recently laid off from my job and have three issues: 1) No way to get a conventional mortgage 2) Need a place to live, and an advantage: sizeable savings on stock, bonds.I want to start investing in RE (ideally multifamilys), but for now I want to start small: buy a condo to live in, and [whenever I buy a multifamily I could move to] rent it.I would like to evaluate my high-level strategy, and get your comments:* [Soon] Get a "securities line of credit" worth around 15% of my savings.

I'm not sure what I should be evaluating here - we received a proposal and here's an example for just one of our buildings, purchased in 2011.

He said it will take $30 and 3 days of delay for him to add me which would show down progress.

It's been a 7+ year journey for me, but I have so much to look back on! I love sharing my journey with other real estate investors. Anyone want to chat 1:1? 

Ideally, I want something I can confidently show to potential investors that includes all the key metrics they and I would need to consider when evaluating a property.

Be sure to diligently evaluate potential properties through inspections, condition assessments, financial reviews, and property tax assessments.

I'm sure over time that will average out, but we have owned many homes for close to four years now so I think that is long enough to give a true evaluation of performance.