We often see it when a duplex hits the market with 15-year-old rents, buyers really struggle to run numbers with confidence.

My struggle with this is that when I am calculating my exit strategy I am short.

I’m struggling to find anything which is frustrating…..my aim was to buy somewhere early in 2024 but I’m analyzing a lot of deals and coming up short.

There is nightmarish areas of St Paul where you will have the strictest rent control in the nation and struggle to get rent's to make it worth while.   

Single family homes regardless of market  are very inefficient to operate to begin with but the lower price point homes are disproportionately impacted by ordinary upkeep maintenance, repairs and cap ex because they struggle to absorb these costs (some of which are fixed or close to fixed regardless of whether this is  $100,000 house or $300,000 house). 

You also will struggle to find inventory. 

Tenant protection issues - We’re in CA and introduction of limits on rent increases so want to be sure that we have the lease structured so the tenant reverts to a market rate rent at the end of the 3 year period or moves out if unwilling to pay that rate.I’m struggling with the 3 year lease being long, I don’t think I could enter an indefinite (til death) lease.Another thought what if one spouse dies and the survivor remarries a younger person?

There's always going to be win/lose minded people who struggle to figure out what it really means to have that win/win mindset.

A lot of real estate professionals are struggling with the same issues.

I struggle to come up a name of a syndication or partnership investment that doesn't end in flames.Turn them into Federal Authorities and don't burn more money on attorney fees.