When setting up my team there I was fortunate to quickly form business friendships with local wholesalers and flippers.

I do fortunately have room to absorb that loss, but with increased taxes, insurance, and maintenance/repairs starting to get reeeeally thin on the margins 😬

Mind you I was fortunate to work for a company whose leadership is recognized as some of the most brilliant real estate minds in the business.   10+ years into this business I now appreciate the advice given to me at the time and my message to you is the same advice given to me.

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Beyond the very real possibilty that some overall good may come of programs such as the 'Down-payment assistance program'...there still lies at least a couple of flaws, conceptually and very real...1) The Gov't (we) are forcing people who cannot afford to even think about buying a home to subsidize those who are in a more fortunate position.

Fortunately it was during the 2008 crisis and we were forced to hold those homes we bought for like $40k each. 

I appreciate all the feedback.While we have a triplex that is set up for a rent-by-the-room strategy, we have been fortunate enough to fill the units as wholes, rather than by the door.

Maybe you make it sooner, but your post makes me feel uneasy because I think your why is corrupted by speed to some potential fortune, as evidenced by your 7k/month in 10 years.

I lived in Superior for a while and commuted downtown every day (get satellite radio ha).I'm a realtor, so fortunately I have instant access to what is hitting the market and it's still very hard to find something before 50 other people have found it as soon as it hits the MLS.

Fortunately, and as someone indicated earlier, each office is independently owned and operated.

This, our third rental, we plan to do the BRRR method with as we have the other two that are now owned by fortunate new owners over in my other market of Blue Ridge GA.