I could tell you to invest in Milwaukee, you can still find cash flow positive duplexes here in good neighborhoods around 350k and we have had very consistent 8% appreciation over the last years.

Positive Home Value Growth ForecastWhile the pace of home value appreciation is expected to moderate, Zillow forecasts a 2.8% increase in Buffalo’s home values for 2025, indicating continued market strength.In summary, Buffalo’s combination of strong job growth, relative affordability, limited housing inventory, strategic location, and positive home value forecasts solidify its status as the nation’s hottest housing market for 2025.

There are many ways to take this journey from here however we realized our best way is getting outside investors to come in and help us purchase the property, then give them a fixed % over a period of time or even equity.If anyone has been in this position before, what's another creative way we can scale?

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You can find positive cash flow in both markets. 

I would highly recommend you listen to all the podcasts from Kenny Bedwell - Cashflow Positive.

The other positive, at least for apartments.com is if they fill out an application it's good for any other unit on the site for 30 days without having to pay the fee again.Not that it matters for the law but another thing we do for tenants after they are selected is do a gift basket that exceeds that in which they paid in application fees. 

It has been frustrating but it also is a positive as I now can quickly know what deals to not even waste time on analyzing. 

Connect with a housing coordinator if that position is available in your area and stay in contact with that person. 

And I still coach, and people still lend me money on my deals, but I thought there would be a market for people that wanted more of an equity position by doing this model rather than just the debt position by getting a 10 to 12% return in second position.