This comes from several data points, the first being the average age at which people are choosing to stop renting and buy their first home.

The valuation and market value of a multi family property differs from a single family and you want someone that understands the distinctions if you go that route.

Congrats on your maturity at a such a young age.   

@Polat CaglayanI've never seen a formula but here is a general rule of thumb for multifamily:The class of an apartment refers to the quality of the building, which can be determined by a number of factors, including age, location, and condition: Class A: These are the highest quality apartments, typically built within the last 15 years.

Be careful not to place your identity in your age/success in RE.

If all things being equal, the largest distinction between brokers would be splits, given that the brokerage doesn't do any value-add.It sounds like what he's saying is, if you're lazy, you're lazy.

Congratulations on building such an impressive portfolio at such a young age and achieving so many successes!

However, short term rentals are much less passive than long term rentals and are essentially a hospitality business, which is in and of itself required a whole additional layer of knowledge and expertise.With regard to your question about private lenders, it’s important to draw a distinction in terminology between “private” and “hard money.”

There is also a distinction to make here as units can be legal non-conforming aka grandfathered in, in which case the above scenario would be ok to consider rental income and value on all three units. 

I've been at this a while and have over 70% equity in my combined portfolio, and I'm over 50 years of age, so I don't look at creative financing options.