Begin with the end in mind and work backward to develop a roadmap for achieving your goals.

That's what separates the best real estate agents who represent investor/developer clients.

No guarantee this will continue but I see elected officials making policy mistakes that will lead to less development and that makes me believe constrained supply will continue to drive above average appreciation.John

Develop your negotiation skills so you can secure better pricing, seller financing, or terms that increase your bottom line.

They are developing along the river so a lot of upside here (look up hazelwood green).

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

If you can't find a good manager, walk away.

Thats a lot of work that a company would have to do and they would want their money back on the development costs.

Building small units in small counts is expensive development.  

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).