I’m leaning toward concrete floors, so two levels with block and reinforced concrete has been my target.

I’ve seen investors with larger portfolios eventually see it level out and become more predictable since you can spread those expenses out across more buildings/doors.

I'm biased though because I have lived in middle/upper middle class area my whole life and would never live in a lower middle class/low class neighborhood area.

(Full disclosure, I am a leadership and upper management consultant helping organizations with their projects and preparing their up - and coming managers for leadership roles.

That means that there aren't any comps and the only sold duplexes are fixer-uppers, before they get rented. 

Hi Steve,It also comes down to comfort levels of whether you like to micro or macro manage your funding pools as well as your own personal financial auditing style.You also need to keep legality in mind as to whether the property is setup under a personal or corporate entity in order to protect yourself or your personal assets etc. 

I will begin to weed through the second level of resources local to the area of the deal. 

Its not used because, and at least from my limit experience, I've never come across two investment that had such similar characteristic that I needed to get that level of precision in my measurement.

I know you can typically do it still in unincorporated county areas across the state but at least up North it is basically shut down.I would love to open one in West or South Fort Worth where there is open land and economic levels aren't high.

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