If you don’t see it spelled out, often on a sheet of paper that only talks about your occupancy.

Then what happens on paper a property looks like a cash flows very well, then when you add in vacancies repairs and life in general, they end up having to start using credit cards to pay for things and get caught into that spiral To answer your original question most real estate investors are not buying a property every year.

So you might get a property at a slight discount to values in the next couple of years, but it might not "pencil" great on paper today.

While it may pencil out on paper to do one option over the other using simple math I would urge you to think big picture as well.

At least once a week I receive a BP message from someone asking to paper a contract for an offer and the terms are outrageous.

Several of these "news" outlets/papers are very political and have an agenda.

Trying to broker any type of bank paper or portfolios will be very competitive and difficult as Chris mentioned.

That's why I'm currently training new staff to ensure we can always deliver properties with the required quality standard and efficiency.By the way, do you think it would be interesting to offer some basic customizations, like themed paper products or towels, during specific holiday months? 

Then, they blame everyone, but their own lack of research, for property/tenant performance not being what they came up with on paper:(

Much thanks to anyone who can weigh in with their expertise.Not per se if purchasing existing paper, but the subsequent noteholder may face issues if requirements weren't met at origination.