Transparency, regular communication, and clear milestones have been critical to making this successful.For those of you who are considering working with private lenders or want to improve your deal structure, I hope this gives you some food for thought.

My 17-year-old daughter is still in high school, but she saved up $20,000 in 14 months as a waitress in a town of 10,000.

The dishwasher may have a grinder in it for food particles, and the discharge might go into the disposal.

When I think of Blythe, CA travel centers, gas stations and fast food chains come to mind. 

I’ve seen Windsor hills and it looks nice, hoa seems high though.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Some high and lowlights:- I had one tenant that brought German cockroaches in and then blamed it on me- Same tenant asking if her daughter can visit but failed to mention it was 5 more very noisy people- another tenant having constant loud arguments with his gf- tenant saved some of my stuff when the house flooded due to a pipe burst and another time during a monster rain storm.

Those remote flips and high cash flow rentals are so tempting on paper, but they rarely go well in reality. 

One BIG asterisk here, Progressive significantly scaled back in some high risk areas, most notably California, in 2023.

The members of this forum can give you a lot of food for thought, to think of what you don't know:)How many years until you retire?