Multiple improvements done on this duplex in 2021, including new roof, gutters, flooring, drywall, electrical, appliances, and heating/cooling unit for the second floor.

Experiencing these first hand in your own home provides greater flexibility while you figure this whole racket out.Thirty years ago, I was fascinated by real estate opportunities in an emerging market (Brooklyn) and spent lots of time looking at cool warehouse space in places that are now 30-50 X the price. 

We've got a group of students in one, a young couple who just moved to the area and doesn't want to buy yet in another, and a professional in the third who's opening up a new branch of his company here.I think proximity to the cool stuff of a city is almost more important than trying to tailor your location to a specific group.

The basics are the most important part, but you need some cool stuff.

They could get a risk free return by investing in T-bills, so the delta between that RFR and what you're offering needs to be rewarding enough for them to pursue it.As for the 2nd part of your question, that really is a mystery :)The low interest rate environment always leads to these folks misleading people and mismatching deal operations, and sometimes even defaulting on the property and losing it altogether.Probably because a bunch of these syndicators want to be cool Instagram/TikTok influencers and throw up their arms and talk about how many doors they own, but what do I know lol. 

OP @Jake Handler is a Northern NJ realtor and investor, has a fun monthly email newsletter called Propportunities (properties with opportunities) along with a cool Instagram page where he shares what he does daily.

@Justin Phillips Ahh, cool.

We actually just added a cool hot tub on top of a boulder at our property out in Kentucky.

But as I have said before your  sand box is pretty cool and very hard to duplicate in most of the US.. but then again you play the hand your dealt and the money is made in real estate when you understand the very technical type transactions.. where the mass's just think of vanilla sales .. 

I say "Cool, thanks.