If your market has a significant number of FHA or VA loans with zero to low down payments where a buyer can't afford to pay their agent out of pocket, your sellers may end up cutting off a significant portion of the home buying market, or once they do come around to considering negotiating on BAC, they may feel deceived, and now you may lose the potential for the recurring client that will ultimately otherwise drive your seller lead acquisition cost down.For planning: In a great business, a good rule of thumb is to estimate:100% Gross Income35% Cost of Sale30% Expenses35% Profit <-- very few businesses achieve this, but we're looking at an ideal solutionAssuming a national price average of $300k and 0.6% GCI, you'd be looking at:$1,800 Gross Income$630 Cost of Sale <-- agents/ transaction coordinators$540 Expenses <-- photos/ signs/ lockboxes/ Errors & Omissions insurance/ MLS fees/ liability insurance/ tech fees/ VA admin support/ marketing to get clients for the business (this piece should be roughly 10% of revenue, which would be $54 in this case)$630k ProfitIf your business sold 1,000 of these homes a year, you would have:$1,800,000 Gross Income$630k Cost of Sale <-- agents/ transaction coordinators (you could have 5 agents handling 200 sales each at $100k incomes and TC support at scale)$540k Expenses <-- photos/ signs/ lockboxes/ Errors & Omissions insurance/ MLS fees/ liability insurance/ tech fees/ VA admin support/ marketing to get clients for the business (you're going to est $125k in runner fees alone for signs; $25k+ in signs, $54k in ads to attract clients, $200k in photos, $10-20k minimum in E&O, $2k in liability, and what tech/ VA support)$630k Profit Scale costs will include hiring a managing broker for compliance to help oversee all of these transactions and implement legal changes and training.

You would continue to defer all of the tax and receive potential cash flow until the market becomes more attractive for you. 

The area is attracting young families and first-time buyers priced out of other areas.Key ROI Factors:Properties are still undervalued compared to nearby Inglewood and East Nashville.Strong demand for affordable, move-in-ready homes with modern upgrades.Pro Tip: Focus on curb appeal—renovated exteriors sell fast in this area.5.

Before the pandemic, Magnolia alone (not including Baylor University or any other Waco attractions) was drawing in 10,000 tourists a week to Waco and a total of 1 million tourists a year.

It’s also easier to attract investors because they know their risks are limited to what they put into the LLC.Finally, managing the property becomes simpler under an LLC.

However, if it's truly one of those communities that has very high crime and difficult to attract any descent tenants, it can lead to disaster.

@Bill HaleyHad a meeting this past week with some individuals who raise some serious $ and discussing what works and does not work in an offering and one of the things these people were saying is real estate offerings using crypto and blockchain / tokenization is not attracting many HNW individuals.

Regarding the new construction, often this attracts more homeowners.

I think that the tax perks from having a rental make this more attractive than it might initially seem, but I have only done some quick internet searches, so I could very well be overestimating the upside and underestimating the downside??

Consider saving the 40-60k and maybe just spend a little extra on cozying up the place and making it more attractive.