Its "cash and carry" nature and reliance on personal connections create significant barriers to entry, especially for individual investors or newcomers.

I like duplexes as well, yet part of the puzzle is incorporating the 3 affordable housing units (2 bedroom).

By incorporating additional collateral to secure financing, investors can enhance their security, ensuring that the asset pool remains sufficient to stay within the desired CLTV range.

This is a natural pressure release valve for high rent and prices. 

Flooring: A lighter or mid gray lvp to compliment (~$3 sq ft material) Cabinets: White shaker style (Lowes/Home Depot, Readily Available with little lead time) Countertops: White Quartz with black veining to match black matte finishes if the return on investment is there or just a nicer laminate (calacatta marble natural stone look)Finishes: Black matte for a modern look or the classic brushed nickel.

Hi Arya,To appropriately model this, in my opinion I would add a minimum of 10% vacancy due to the commercial nature of the building.

However, their 38 page Prop Mgmt Agreement for OneRate is daunting--it lists many exclusions to their obligations such as any damage caused by force to a surface (whether from tenants, animals, roots, wind or other force of nature, etc).

To help others get a feel for seller concessions I created a lil Acronym for some questions that can help one determine if a seller concession strategy is plausible and what to think about when incorporating one into an offer to purchase:Sales Price- By increasing the sales price, can the buyer still qualify and what's the out of pocket savings going to be redirected towards? 

There are companies that are vertically integrated that can walk you from start to finish with the investment so naturally the interests will be mutually aligned.

A lot of this is based on human nature.