My opinion is they are not treated RE in a business manner, because most business growth is built on some sort of leverage.

It would be ideal to get some sort of large study done on this.Furthermore, if you sold in a buyer's market, your thought may be skewed.If your portfolio was in a market that was declining in value.I am not saying that the above situations applied to you but it would be good to get a large study on this.Furthermore, if we are talking about more expensive homes being a better investment?

At the end of the day it generally becomes cost prohibitive unless some sort of grant money is released. 

However, you can't buy any property and expect you'll get that sort of return, far from it.

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First post here. I currently co-own 2 different properties. One is my primary which I live in with my girlfriend - I'll call this property A. The other I co-own with a good friend - I'll call this p...

I've generally gone out for those sorts of trips unless you really trust the team to have a sharp eye as a lot of the styling happens once everything arrives and you have to make it fit together. 

Anything smaller makes it harder to get them washed properly.Check out the Yale Appliance Blog - https://blog.yaleappliance.com/They cover all sorts of topics about appliances.

There are a lot of options for all in one stacks (washer dryer) or a single wash/dry machine as well as small size (18") dishwashers.Don't skimp on these sorts of amenities.

then later maybe after doing that a few times you can raise capital and have some sort of trust with ppl since $ is trust-based.

For illustration purposes if I were given the opportunity to finance my construction projects at 8O% LTC full recourse or 70% partial recourse I will select the higher levered recourse option because have confidence in my projects knowing the debt is sub 60% LTV and want the benefit of leverage.