The biggest advantage is that you are prepared and you are sharing your opportunity and your business plan with others.Keep crushing itGino

I’ve listed to a few podcast and read Crushing It in Apartment and Commercial Real Estate by Brian Murray.

Get ready to crush REI in the DMV area

I buy at a 12 CAP because if I hit problems I still have a ten but if I buy at 10 then I could have an 8 with expenses crushing my cash flow"Also do the tenants pay on time or not pay at all??

After taking about 6 months to convert it into a 4 bedroom, put on new siding, some windows, trim, exterior paint, a new roof on part of it, sheetrocking about half the house, tape, texture, trim, paint, carpet, tile, electric and plumbing fixtures, rewiring about half of it, adding rafters to the garage, a new garage door, a crushed asphalt driveway, and sod, I finally sold it for $55,000 after having it on the market for 3 months with a realtor and only getting 2 offers that didn't want me to carry it.With a little over $25,000 in repairs to it, when it was said and done I walked away from the closing with a net profit of about $1,500.

@Brit Hale good to hear you are crushing the flip game.

If you live in San Francisco then you understand the soul crushing pain of renting here.

Don 't let  naysayers crush your dreams.

Taxes crush ROI in those counties. 

And CRUSH IT with HOA investment properties.