Downtown Charleston experienced a significant surge, with home prices increasing by 33.2% compared to the previous year, resulting in a median price of $1.2 million.

Love it.Best advice I can tell you is to prospect prospect, you must lead generate, meet people tell them what you do, preferably face to face, but also on the phone, online etc, albeit I prefer and spent most of my time on face to face meeting and conversation.

Spend at least 2 hours per day researching online about your desired investment strategies.

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Sure if youre looking in Brewerytown because a local agent or article online told you its up and coming, then yeah, that market is risky.

Experienced developers, could you tell me how the process/financing works?

That was their words- not mine.I remember watching a video done by the National Real Estate Investor Association online interviewing Ohio ( I believe) real estate commission.

Have you had it evaluated by a Realtor, or are you relying on Zillow or other online algorithms to estimate your property's value?

It has to be an addition.I would double check because maybe the workaround is reinforcing the garage and building above it.We lived in our studio ADU for two years before we moved into the main house.Best thing to do is talk to an experienced lender.

Also, there’s much to delve into on of those scenarios, like what type of cashflow or investment do you want, etc. residential, multi-res, small multi-res, commercial, industrial, etc.There seems to be fewer deals around these days and this typically benefits the more experienced and skilled investors but there are always multiple investors that get “tripped-up” in these markets due to them relying on recent “fortunate” market circumstances only to realize the markets cycle and they weren’t prepared or didn’t underwrite properly to account for unforeseen potential.There are more considerations, but this is a start.