If your property offers an individual the best deal for the price, she will rent from you.

Value add renovations might be the best means to start to get the experience to transition to new construction.

I hear horror stories about not being able to purchase fixer uppers with the VA loan but that wasn't my experience either time.

A solid fourplex that lays the foundation for a future portfolio.Here's the thing: While my mortgage experience is solid, I'm diving headfirst into the world of multifamily investing.

Hope this helps, I'm happy to share my experiences investing in NJ if you have any questions. 

Your approach of setting up separate LLCs for each property under a holding company is a common strategy to limit liability and protect the equity of each property individually.

Simply put, there are a lot more co-hosts/managers like myself and yourself who got started self-managing their own properties around covid and are now afraid or unwilling to buy new properties at current prices/rates, but want to use their knowledge/experience to keep increasing income in the space. 

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

I have experience in MF acquisitions and I'm looking to add value to a team that has already closed at least One 40+ unit deal.

I’m guessing the loan approval from them was “too easy”......financing for a casino operation I would think would require some decent experience in the field, maybe your management company contract would help in this, maybe not.