It doesn't have to be perfect, but the rental income helps heavily reduce or eliminate the mortgage. 

@John YooIn some markets, appraiser will value price per square foot heavily.

You could certainly dive into a new build cold turkey, but you are then relying on your team very heavily to make it a success with little ability to self assess progress etc.

What you are taking about is issuing securities and is pretty heavily regulated.

So depending on how good the numbers are and if seller accepts my clients aggressive offers play heavily into the strategy.

Tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google have invested heavily in the area, driving up property values and creating opportunities for real estate investors.

@Max Murin I would heavily consider the ROI of these coaching/mentorship programs.

Also the program leans heavily on educating yourself on taxes and accounting which I thought was valuable and helped me with some other businesses, thinking about how to set them up differently and work them into my life plan a bit more appropriately.  

Detroit.I have a friend that invests in Toledo pretty heavily though (24-doors I believe) and he's been on pause lately.

Maybe when you're running a REI business and you're looking to scale would it make sense to invest so heavily into education and high level networking.