The acquisition could help Darden diversify its portfolio and tap into the young demographic that increasingly favors Mexican cuisine.

On a single family even as someone who has been in construction for 25+ years it’s not something I would want tot take the risk on.Other things to do is increase your offer but by doing so, is that the best investment?

Also with the population growing due to foreign plants opening shop there. competition can be very fierce & properties left for auction is minimal.

However, you need to consider: - **Future rent increases**: Can you adjust the rent to help cover potential repairs or property management costs if you’re managing from afar?

.📌 First, we filter by market:- Growing Population?

The macroeconomics is rapidly growing - lots of job growth, population growth, and companies moving and developing out here like Intel, Google, Meta, Honda, etc.

Flippig was nearly impossib le to make a profit in 2019, now in 2021, post doubling of lumber, nearly doubling of contractor costs, 50% increase in HVAC etc etc, no one uses GCs (that I know of). 

See article from the US Census about growth and population decline:https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/population-trends-return-to-pre-pandemic-norms.html#:~:text=Texas%20experienced%20the%20largest%20numeric,%25%2C%20respectively%2C%20in%202023.Absolutely, population growth is a key indicator for real estate investing!

There are, more or less, three things you can do (other than just sucking it up and going with the low appraisal):1) Try to convince the appraiser to increase the appraisal.

This helps reduce operational costs and increase efficiencies, hopefully giving the landlord back time to spend on other areas of the business.Market Trend Predictive Analytics: There are AI algorithms that can analyze large amounts of data in order to predict property values and future market trends.