until we know the back ends of those deals we are left wondering what they were thinking when all along a 5 to 7% return to them means millions.. so in reality a hedge fund could drive rents down if they wanted to as well.. just to make sure they have the best tenants and their properties are full and they are still doing quite well. raise rents and really cash in.I agree to fully round out a portfolio investors should be thinking about upside movement of the value... the quote " appreciation is icing on the cake" while a nice sentiment is really I think a poor philosophy to follow... one needs to either force appreciation buy in an area were appreciation takes you for a nice ride,, or were rents can move up dramatically in a fairly short period of time those are the only ways in rentals one is going to make any kind of real money.Although what some would think is a reasonable return on investment and risk others would not be happy with...

You might at least consider it to see if you can dramatically increase your gross income.  

There are excepts to both.Conventional, non-federally insured loans, can vary dramatically and are governed by the lender's own underwriting guidelines.As with most things in lending, you will likely have more flexibility and leeway with smaller, local, portfolio lenders. 

And the price of entry for renting is dramatically less than for buying.Buying a residence is also a form of economic handcuffs.

From everything I've read the sellers definition of "just needs a little TLC" can vary dramatically from what your buyer would considered "a little bit".

I don think it's fake, but a dramatization.

And Baltimore is a highly varied city, with Class D and worse neighborhoods, but also some Class A neighborhoods, and the yields will dramatically vary.BTW, people often think when I say High Risk or Low Risk, that one is Good and one is Bad...that is absolutely not the case.

Quite dramatically different! 

A lot of buyers of small multifamily properties are out of the market at the moment, because financing requirements have changed dramatically.

This dramatically increased our inbound calls in our wholesale business.