Or is it more common for land investors to self-fund and scale gradually?

Gradually raising rents, exploring lease buyouts, or selling with tenants in place are balanced alternatives.

Seeing the gradual dip in median sales prices and the uptick in days on market, it’s fascinating to think about how buyers are leveraging longer DOM properties to find deals.

@Guenevere F.When I started in rental property investing, I found it crucial to set clear goals, leverage existing skills, and focus on scaling gradually.

Right now you have a market where existing landlords have all these properties at cheap prices where they can afford to charge less for rent than new buyers and many don't want to shock their tenants by jumping rents by $400+ in one rental cycle... so we are gradually easing those tenants upwards each year.  

Longer term, meaning next 30-40 years, Bond market will do what its always done to runaway Fiscal looseness and it will take 10yr up to 10 -16% to put pressure on FED to deleverage the last 45 years of crazy spending, like it had to do from '45 to '82, or 1900-1925, slow and gradual. 

He lived in one unit for two years, fixed up the property, and gradually increased rents.

In this model, the property owner keeps full control and ownership of the property—there’s no risk of losing it.Flexible and Ongoing Funding:Instead of getting one lump sum upfront (like with a loan), owners can gradually raise money by selling income rights.

I'm just gradually deleveraging, this next time by likely buying all in cash, and continuing to not lever my properties until cap rates are lower than interest rates... unless I can get cheap and low leverage debt through assumption.

With interest rates climbing gradually and the "potential" for a recession, the need for housing is still at an all-time high and people are choosing apartments for several reasons.