I think a good middle ground may be to seek out 2-4 unit buildings to kind of get the advantage of the economy of scale benefit of MFH and the better financing available for SFH.The disadvantage of course is that it will take more of these smaller properties to reach my goal than just finding 1 nice $600k apartment building.

Being so new and not knowing rehab cost's is a bit of a disadvantage, but there are a lot of people willing to help me and give me good advice that i have been networking with.Walking the properties is fun and the more deals i do the more experienced i will become.I'm trying to learn from other people's mistakes.

But with him involved the commission has to be split 50/50, does that put me at an immediate disadvantage on every deal?

Hello Everyone,For my next deal that is closing soon, the bank did not offer me what I was promised or looking for but a private lender offered me exactly what I am looking for but I never dealt with private investors before.Can the experts here guide me on the advantages and disadvantages of using private lender to close a deal?

I've worked with properties in areas of Baltimore and Chicago where you can get much higher rents from section 8 tenants than you can the market tenants, and section 8 is by far the most common set up and it would almost be strange to have a market tenant...and certainly disadvantageous.

I’m happy to say that as a fund manager who invest in multiple asset types, disadvantages are available to lots of different commercial real estate asset classes including mobile home parks, self storage, expensive single-family rentals, RV parks and more.  

I always have plenty of interest so I just tell them that in order to keep things on a level playing ground I do not pay commissions due to the fact I usually receive plenty of applications and this would put their client at a disadvantage since all things being equal I would be selecting the tenant that didn't come with a fee. 

Disadvantages are low appreciation, harder to sell, and possibly troublesome tenant class.

I do know that there is more supply in parts of DC and Maryland- which has its disadvantages as well.

Is there a disadvantage?