This significantly lowers the cost per door and improves your return on investment.Scalability: A three-story walk-up design allows you to maximize your build cost and land use, just like most professional apartment developers do.Control with New Construction: Starting with a new build ensures fewer risks, as you’ll have control over the property’s condition and avoid surprises from existing structures.Pro Tip: If you do go with an existing property, make sure to thoroughly vet the deal to avoid hidden costs and issues.For first-time investors, multifamily new construction is often the best way to scale quickly, reduce costs per unit, and build a sustainable rental portfolio.

It's not a scam per se, but it's unnecessary and is designed for people who don't have the financial discipline to apply their excess cashflow to debt paydown.

I have some web design skills (I'm an engineer, so easy to learn new programming languages) and I'm currently testing my new system to manage the tenants.

Therefore it's quite normal for a design change to be an additional service fee. 

Not essential but I've used it for other things and it's really cool when you are building out a new process, design, or work flow with your team as well.  

Stores like Home Depot or Ace will have products specifically designed for removing difficult adhesives, but you can also DIY with household products.

For context, 4 adults and all our tech living here, we were running about $250/mo on average per month for electricity anyway... outside of summer a/c useage. so all in all, its saved me about $2k a year if i had to guesstimate for you (it stays hot here through October usually).i still owe about $23k on mine, have no intentions of selling the house. but if i decide to move out and rent the whole house out, our market would support higher rent in exchange for no electricity bill. i think you just need to decide what YOUR main benefit of having the panels are. for me it was for the house-hack, and consistent billing, despite the usage. if its strictly for property value increase, i'm not sure it would be worth it, pending your specific market. 

Take for instance an “A” located 1 +1 duplex where units rent for $2,000/m and compare the building to an identically designed “C” located 1+1 duplex in the same market where units rent for $1,200/m.

Non-profit or not, it will be UW as a business...the non-profit designation doesn't eliminate the lending review, just makes the proceeds non-taxable in order to be put to charitable use.

This is the entry point I’d recommend with high CoC returns and includes your downpayment (20-25% down), closing costs and the furnishing/design budget.