We tend to stay just below our competition with a superior product.  

When you researched markets like Austin las Vegas Miami, those markets have higher land cost and are more cyclical in nature tend to have larger price swings compared to regions with lower land costs.

The credit unions tend to have lower fees and offer solid business products.

And in part, it depends on the investors and capital that you have access to (this tends to play a factor in many decisions when raising outside capital).If you do want to go the fund route, you might want to consider using Avestor. 

The customer signs our contract , we get 1 /3 down .Now people tend to thing thats for materials , thats partially right , First it secures you a time frame , if you cancel we keep the deposit as liquidated damages .

Tenants tend to be harder on the home than owners.

Using that little plastic drywall insert is a joke—plus, nobody uses it.Cut the towel bar down to 16 inches so that the mounting brackets will screw right to the studs and not just drywall.If this is not possible, buy butterfly nuts and bolts to attach the mount that can’t be screwed to a stud.

I tend to hang out in the Tax forum fairly regularly so I may be one of the first ones to see such a thread or post. 

Investing out of state can definitely offer better cash flow opportunities, especially in states like Indiana, Alabama, and Ohio where property prices are lower and landlord-tenant laws tend to favor landlords.

While the idea of owning internationally is attractive, in reality it tends to be much harder to buy property in other countries (especially European countries).