Focus on buying below market value, running numbers first (cash flow, 1% rule), and choosing a landlord-friendly location with job growth.

Still tons of positive cash flowing deals that meet the 1% rule and amazing appreciation here!

A handy search bar in the upper right makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

It is tough to find properties with 1.5% rule. 

forget letters. miami is easy too. 

Instead, as RAD explains in its circular, investors are given two opportunities each year to cash out their shares.The rules surrounding these cash-out opportunities — RAD’s “share-redemption program” — are stringent.For one, investors don’t get the full value of their shares if they’ve held them for less than five years.

Also hoping investors were cognizant of my rule of never investing more than 10% of your investable assets in any one deal, nor more than 20% with any one “sponsor”.  

While comical - unfortunately the odds were against the dog and it was easy to predict the outcome

Fortunately the rules have been "modernized," which is kind of a rich NLP technique if you ask me. 

The rule of thumb is, if you can't handle the potential call from the lender, don't do the deal.