A little over 15 years ago, in the late spring of 2009, I was a brand spanking new real estate agent coming off of a miserably failed real estate investment venture.

I wouldn’t come up and say I am new in the business but if someone ask me I’ll be honest, that may work for some, but not others, it who cares anyways, you won’t get everyone, you want those that will want to do business with you.I will also reiterate that even if you are brand new and some ask you, turn around to a positive, if they say “but so and so has been in the business 20 years and have done many transactions blah blah blah” you can turn it around “you know mr and mrs seller, that is a great agent with a great track record, but don’t mind my asking, they are doing so many deals a month and so and so a year, how much time do you think they would dedicate to your home?”

use STR reports it's more representative of major hotel markets and hotel inventory. find hte right brand. we just did a 150 page report on one development site.

Class A- Brand New buildings with lots of amenities, good infrastructure & locationClass B- Building are usually older; priced less than Class A & need some updates/restorationClass C- Oldest buildings (20+ years); need significant maintenance; less attractive locationsWhere things become subjective is an older building located in a neighborhood that's changing for the better. 

And when I was a new young professional myself in Colorado, there was an entire apartment community built around this concept that was all brand new top of the line with all the amenities, something I could not afford on my own.

turnkey section 8 is not going to be like buying a brand new home there will always be differed items or stuff that does not work etc.. age of homes makes this impossible. then you add section 8 tenants and  there you go

And for two valid reasons: they don't know if Don is a trustworthy borrower (which he is not), and they could get a lot better profit (for the bank) from a brand new loan.

I'm not how you are defining a BRRR that works, but if I have a unit with brand new roof, mechanicals, kitchens, bathrooms, etc... and leave 10,15 or 20% in the deal I still feel like I'm winning.  

We put a sign on every property to: attract tenants, create brand awareness, and to help prevent scammers from using our properties as bait. 

The Simplified REI brand (you can find it on facebook or BP) are some really good meetups.