You MUST understand this as the suburbs are usually much nicer than the city.All of these challenges are why we have a map of Metro Detroit on our website with the cities in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties listed, as well as 183 Neighborhoods in Detroit.The majority of the 48235 zip code is Class C, the question is, do you understand what that means?

ALL of my major problem tenants happened to have had a average (adults in the household) score below 625. 

Of course, if the snow is not getting shoveled, that’s not good and needs compliance correction activities by the PM.

Pittsburgh is home to many major universities including the rapidly growing Carnegie Mellon University which is “at least partially responsible for Pittsburgh’s growth, from revitalized neighborhoods to a vibrant and booming restaurant scene.”

Fail to produce K-1s in time for LP tax returns to completed on time, refuse to communicate with LPs, when LPs start to express frustration.Cheryl Cheryl, I'm sorry to hear this.Many investors learn expensive lessons with their early investments.Knowing nothing about this deal (because I didn't invest) I can already tell you the 24% projected return was a major red flag (in my opinion).

what are some other major red flag questions you might ask?

We don't want to bring on every owner or every property unless they fit within our target market, so, I do the far majority of the sales - this is our check and balance.

I know this is not all owners, but a majority fall into this camp.

There is no "secret" to finding them--- you just have to search, but most major metros have them.

Good Morning AllI am still working on transitioning from an active real estate investor ( SFR portfolio ) to passive investing.I have invested in one MF syndication with Vanamor in California.I flew down and met with the principal and toured the property and a numbe r of comps.Bobby was great and I am hopeful that it will turn out great.Now I have to place more $$ in January and was hoping to get feedback from members on a couple of syndicators.1,Sunrise Capital Investors  (Kevin Bupp ).Mobil Home Park funds.2.