I ended up signing with them as well - 3 months in to the lease so far and it's going well.

These homes are what most people picture as “home” and lend themselves well to coliving strategies.

Narrow focus - I know the zip codes I wanted to purchase well.

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego 

And I copied that idea for the core of my portfolio (although I also invest in alot of passive deals as well, in the satellite portion for a core-satellite approach).

Yes, they are actually selling individual units as well

We've utilized the VA loan for our current home, and this strategy has worked well so far.

I see you started your own firm as well.

Thank you and be well-ShawnT Buyers aren't necessarily interest rate shopping they are shopping for affordable payments.

There are also 2nd mortgage options as well.