@Geoff Engel depending on what amount of available cash you are starting with and what you ultimately want to achieve will help determine your path.

Include a buyout clause allowing you to transition to sole ownership after two years, based on a pre-determined valuation formula or market value.Use an LLC to hold the property for liability protection and pass-through taxation, ensuring both partners benefit from depreciation to offset rental income.

The appraiser is there to determine fair cash value.

Financing is important but your realtor will absolutely be the determining factor whether you purchase correctly or not. 

The Board intends to reassess this decision to determine whether to recommence the program or to continue to pause the program no later than April 1, 2024.SIGNATURESPursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.By:/s/ Dutch Brandon Mendenhall Name: Dutch Brandon Mendenhall Title:Chief Executive Officer Date: February 2, 2024 there ya go.. they should send this to all their investors so it ends all the wild speculation. 

Our unemployment is very low and there has been a trend of increasing population and employment.Do your research and determine where it is you want to invest.

3: I have no idea how to determine how much to borrow verses pay cash?

Of course your specific return requirements will vary, so figure out what the numbers are for your market, analyze them to determine margins and decide if that is an appropriate return for the risk you are taking.

Quote from @David Hori: I've been vetting gurus to determine where an investment would return the greatest ROI. 

You need a copy of the contract with the management company to determine how to terminate it.