At than "flipping the switch" too consolidation, selling off portion of portfolio to reap gains, to either pay down debt on chosen remainder of say ~10 unit's too $0.00 thus "turning-on" the "cash-flow-machine" from those remainder 10 units. 

As an Energy Analyst for one of the various companies chosen to "audit" these potential buildings for potential Energy Efficiency guidance and potential rebates and incentives, I can tell you they face a difficult decision when it comes to energy upgrades to their buildings and, more importantly, within the units.Typically, rental unit dwellers are responsible for their own energy consumption in MF buildings.

Those can be overwhelming, and medical bills aren't something people have chosen to spend money on and then decided not to pay - like houses, cars, credit cards, etc.

We have started talking to lawyers but have not chosen an office yet.

I've been a partner on 13 purchases and rehabs in the last 2 years, all buy-and-hold, and we've chosen to purchase all in our personal names, and I'm frequently asking myself if that's the "right" thing.

@Warren Qi I recently closed on a vacant property and have chosen to use my realtor to help place tenants as opposed to Home River Group... my thought being that if they're slow to respond to me they may also be slow to respond to prospective tenants... learning as I go and so far the realtor has had the posting for about a week and a half in late fall/early winter and there are multiple applicants to sort through.

After you underwrite 50 deals in the market, you'll see what the prevailing cap rates are for your chosen property class/size.

I’ve chosen to hedge my bets and have a few multi families in the first ring burbs but have more recently picked up a few rough properties next to state and privately funded redevelopment areas in the city.

Since then, we had a dreadfully s l o w turnover, significant cost overruns, incorrect data submitted to their chosen collection agency, a squatter who apparently moved in via their remote showing technology, about a month passed before GJ realized my "vacant" property was illegally occupied, all of the property's historic data disappeared from their portal, and another dreadfully s l o w turnover.I cannot in good conscience recommend Great Jones based on my experiences thus far.

When I looked in Annapolis, deciding whether to self-manage or not there, the one I would have chosen charged 10% of rents collected, no placement fee.