Now for the CRE owner, I do agree if you can find a value add 1031 deal at a good price, then you should buy it and the 1031 at $750 range is a much better deal!

This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).

If you want more cash flow deals you may want to look outside of Boston and test out some new markets where you're hitting closer to the range of returns you're looking for. 

in a foreclosure rescue situation it can be beneficial but those are the vast minority of sub to deals..

As seen above, average rates were in the 6.5% range and projections for both MBA and Fannie showed projected higher rates before they came back down.

I’ve been exploring MF properties because complexes in the $1M to $1.5M range appear to generate better NOI.

With your background you know damn right well that private real estate syndications are unsuitable for the VAST majority of visitors to BiggerPockets.

But we’re starting to see this program gain traction along the Front Range especially with lower income tenants and properties.

There is no harm in reaching out for a slight difference in budget you can just say that you got there contact on FF and have an available unit slightly above their price range and tell them the price and let them know to get back to you if they are interested.

I also checked in our executive meeting and your property is being marketed $100 above the range we gave you and has a resident application.