Because they will get defensive if they feel you are pressuring them.

Because of this, they need the "defense" of cashflow until they build up some wealth...I cringe when I see completely inexperienced aspiring investors with no net worth on the forums talking about buying cashflow negative properties...according to them, it'll all pencil out "when" (not if) rates come back down, and "when" the property appreciates--as if those things are as certain as the sun rising in the morning!

Be sure you are working with a CPA that understands the value of leveraging the tax benefits on investment property and working with an engineering-based cost segregation company with on-site property reviews and audit defense at no cost if ever needed during your ownership.

Invest in the Dominican Republic:The Dominican Republic is one of the leaders in the entire Caribbean in terms of tourism, livestock, agriculture, and industries and will also be the Hublogistic in Punta CanaIf we make a comparison between other countries that have good tax benefits and return on investment, we can talk about these topics in a Zoom meeting where I can show you a graph of the tax benefits, return on investment, a natural and forced appreciation table that guarantees a defense against economic inflation and in favor of covering your capital+ The most important thing is the location when acquiring your property, you are not buying a house or an apartment, you are acquiring a location with development or in development that guarantees your investment+Each property has a number and our task as investors is to discover which is the appropriate number that can give us the return on investment that we are looking for.

5) Is there an audit defense built into the deal?

A lot of differences relate to complexity, cost, investor confidence, ability to legally use marketing, advertising, and solicitation, and lawsuit defense . 

Ransom's defense as he is new on the forums and I know it took me a year or more to figure out how to use this website us old guys did not grow up with computers..

And guess what, they'd go after everything regardless and press you to live in the defensive.

But, it does appear that YOU are being very DEFENSIVE just because I asked what you meant! 

Looks like Detroit is a pretty popular answer here...at the risk of being redundant...I'll jump on the bandwagon..In Detroit's defense, it is consistently ranked the #1 cash flow market in the country, so it's kinda inevitable.I'm pretty biased towards Metro Detroit for obvious reasons lol.