This post is really meant to help me gain a firm grasp on the rental market here.

Speaking to one another I felt I had a firm grasp and understanding of what your requirements were of your team and hopefully provided some transparency on how our process works - and why we’re unfortunately not able to meet those requirements.

The good thing about that is that it forces you to really examine your market and get a good grasp on what the competition is offering and how it's being priced.

Finance and computer science.Finance helps a lot on the lending end and just grasping things that go on in the industry and REI.Computer sci, not really so much but the systems and design aspects help in other planning areas.

I apologize if this is a dumb question but I can’t seem to grasp how I can take advantage of the HELOC for my home.

Then look up the following criteria:Unemployment ratesPopulation growthAge range population changes Median rent ratesVacancy ratesPercentage of job sectors (says be careful in areas that have one dominant sector +25% bc if that sector tanks it will most likely have a neg impact on rents)Top employers (same as above)The you take that data and observe the trend over the last 5 years to try and get a good grasp on how that area is trending.

The one aspect of the BRRRR strategy that I don't seem to grasp firmly is how the seasoning period is applied.

I really appreciate you helping me out btw, it's helped me get a better grasp of the structure of it all. 

Equity Syndication is very very far from being passive.I think I get where your going from, but seems to be a bit muddled here, for most to immediately grasp I think. 

I jumped onto more active REI Q4 22 when i realized some managers had no grasp of a changing environment, and others were way ahead of it.