I’m assuming the deal you’re referring to is somewhere other than Texas. 

Could be a business decision based on keeping long-term high quality tenants rather than risk the costs on turnover. 

A couple of mine are in Mesa, one in Florence, and I just added one in Arizona City. 

I don't think rent to retirement can vet a deal any better than anyone else or you, they just have a bit of a system. but the new builds in Lehigh acres, Cape Coral, north port, etc are all garbage. septic systems, poor economics, low rent to purchase price ratios, you are banking on appreciation and buying at market. building direct is going to give you a competitive advantage on a 3 unit let's say worth 600,000 you are going to be 120k ahead than if you bought it through them. that's my analysis. if you are super lazy and too busy to make money and have millions to throw around then I'd recommend not thinking much about investing. but you can also invest in funds and be way omre passive than buying a new build from far away. but if you want to add real value then get involved and make it happen. getting wealthy isn't easy. you work hard for your money and there are build to rent developers like us that try to answer and add value to start buiding relationshipsl

It took us a couple of weeks but we slowly increased their rankings unit they were on page 1 (based on search parameters of course) and they got a 10 day booking soon thereafter.We use Price Labs to check out the date of the last booking.

When you can access the opportunities first, you can qualify the lead first, analyse and find the best deals first, reach out and build rapport first , offer your solution first (rather than having your offer thrown on a pile of others the individual has already been given) and so on.

There are a lot of pieces that go into the deals and giving someone a percentage of profit will start to become less of a value than what it was at the beginning. 

Rates will usually be in the Prime + 3-4% range if you are trying to max out how much of a line you can get.  

I think once you get more than that, you would need a more expansive program

Will not yet be ready for window treatments as the renovation is still ongoing, and getting closer to time when itemized list of damages are to be furnished.