Great points, ZharaBirmingham has relatively steady and diverse rental demand, and I’ve seen many investors I work with have success with C/B class buy-and-holds.Location is key—areas near UAB, major employers, and popular suburbs tend to have the strongest rental demand, while C/D class markets offer solid affordable housing and Section 8 opportunities.

Could be very profitable if you made this your job though.

Improving grading or having downspouts drain into pipes that move the water away from the house often solve the majority of issues. 

@Jason Khoury I purchased my current residence, a duplex, from a local non-profit about 5 years ago.

Maybe partner up with a local flipper on the renovation, split the profits after the sell and move on.

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We had to enter in holding costs, holding time (time value of the money), ARVs, rehab costs, a contingency reserve (a little extra to cover unforseen stuff), a reasonable profit margin, etc to get to a "Strike Price" as we call it.

What we found was only one other person contracted under $200 per square foot for clients and they also built within the city of columbus. the numbers have a much higher premium the closer you get to downtown. if you can't get the numbers to work my recommendation would be to get closer to downtown. we do build to rent development and single family home development and every line item is broken out. on the triples we have to build exterior staircases etc there are some things you can't really understand unless you build a lot. hope that helps but no one is going to build you for 110 a square foot. the lowest cost homes in our market at cost without a profit barely dip into 140 a square and we are in one of the cheapest construction markets and states in the country. 

But I'm having trouble finding any properties that I could rent, BRRRR, or flip where I would even break even—let alone clear a profit or cash flow.My question is: When you hear that I'm essentially doing 100% financing, does that make it clear to anyone what strategy would be best?

Housing costs continue to be a major contributor to inflation, with shelter prices rising 0.6% in January, keeping pressure on affordability.Despite these inflationary trends, the Federal Reserve is not raising rates and is keeping its benchmark interest rate steady at 4.25% to 4.50%.