An inspector can also evaluate at a surface level the structural integrity.

And look, I don't doubt the anomaly potential, the Malibu homes etc. but point is when we get to certain price levels the price moves outside "median" purchase viability. 

It is a great business as long as you have some level as scale.

. - The ultimate house hack, live in the small ADU unit and rent out the two levels of the main house on AirBnb in San Francisco (I would have thought STRs are oversaturated in S.F. but it worked for them and they stay fully booked).

There's many other options in real estate such as syndication and note investing depending on your level of involvement. 

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It really depends on the investor, their comfort level and goals. 

This also creates quite a level of security for our clients, especially seeing Several builders in the BTR space go sideways over the last few months and we are currently trying to help several investors stuck in building projects that are only half built.  

As it relates to habitation exposures, it appears that there may be a leveling off in premiums, rates, and deductibles here recently, but there's so many different variables that it's really hard to make a blanket prediction for 2025 (or the future). 

We've put in a tremendous amount of work to make the RTR Academy community and education as beneficial as possible for investors of all experience levels.