If your product is solid and your pricing is competitive, there isn't any reason to get fancy and reinvent the wheel here.

Go to some real estate meet ups (dress respectfully) and ask questions of those you meet.Go to every meeting....read a lot about real estate investing....Have enough money to invest....the floor might be around 30% of the cost (or more)....

bb=iy5ixgpzkMyxgu9ta&so=2I am looking at "Large Apartment complexes with pools, hot tubs, gates, workout rooms, etc..vs SFH's and am seeing some nice looking offerings.i set the finder for studio, 1BR units in Scottsdale for larger complexes.Going to visit a few during the after dinner hour and seeing the cars and other renters will give you an idea if this is your kind of place or not.I am also seeing "RENT CONCESSIONS" meaning the owners are having trouble filling the units and are offering free X months of rent, or other goodies such as lowered move in costs.Picking one with a good management company will make you happier than one that is always at contention with the renters.Also realize that the model units they show you will be "Dolled Up" and more fancy than yours most likely, so ask to see a unit that is ready for move in vs just the model, and see if you like it.No furniture, Craig's list or rent it.Good Luck!  

Members need to be within a reasonable level to one another; otherwise, the smart person in the room has nothing to learn...and the less experienced person does not have much to contribute.A mastermind is a fancy word for getting together with like-minded people. 

They will likely be able to get you the best rates possible if you can't get a fancy specialty program from USDA.

Really, fancy windows are an amazing thing to have when I owner occupy a house, because our energy bills will reduce and the house will look prettier...but they don't add a ton of value in an appraisal. 

If you buy a “fancy” property I know some people are having good luck with MTR being rented by insurance companies, contract workers, and transplants. 

But if he puts it in the deal only to window dress or legitimize his otherwise mediocre deal, that makes me very suspicious.

@Karen SealeThankfully there is no fancy footwork here.

I considered using my outlandishly deep knowledge of the Cleveland market to add a subjective overlay in cases where the data seemed skewed by something like a subsidized senior citizen high-rise (dragging down incomes, homeowner rates, etc. and therefore causing an undue hit to the area's grade... think the apartment buildings on Clifton in Edgewater for example) or a semi-fancy newer development surrounded mostly by rather dumpy older stuff (pulling up incomes, homeowner rates, etc. and therefore causing an undue boost to the area's grade... think Mill Creek off of Turney for example) but I decided against it mainly because I didn't want to allow subjectivity into it at all and then get accused of encouraging discriminatory practices or any bs like that.But... at the end of the day James you do have that first mover advantage (and I commend you for making the map in the first place even though I disagree with some of your assessment), so you'll likely continue to get the majority of the traffic, at least for the foreseeable future.