Lets you see if your amazing loan officer was a barista just 6 months ago  ;)Last, consider working with a broker instead of a small lender.

I think that the attempt to scale super quickly is more dangerous than whatever the first raise is. 

Networking and market research will be key to finding the right deals and scaling your portfolio.

I'd be looking at multiple structures. we try to build below the average new build cost in our market in Columbus Ohio which is 515,000 last year and we target land 40-50k and urban core adjacent where we get higher price per square foot. we build for clients with margin around $190 a sq ft depending on multi or single. we can get that down in our triplex it's a little higher on our single family homes because of garages and limited economies of scale. hope that helps. idk Philly but if you show me the area and styles of homes I can give you some more insights. 

It's a small Motel at the beach no clam or accidents.

I know Shopify typically is a more commerce base platform.

There is a guy near me with 6 small houses he rents , he has a waiting list .

So I used to work for a basketball tournament that played in Washington IL every year and so I often visited that town plus Peoria.

It’s great that you’re now planning to scale your real estate investments.

The 5-10 it gets heavier and a lot busier, and 10-15-20 it really is untenable to self-manage especially if this is not you main business like a person buying their own rentals and building it like a small business.