Depending on your market it may not make financial sense at all.

The insight about ARV being influenced by nearby single-family properties is gold—makes total sense now.Right now, I’m just exploring Sacramento and trying to learn as much as I can.

We are really open to it all and open to whichever avenue makes the most sense for us and is most lucrative, but we’re thinking that’s flipping first (since we’ll want to do a live and flip), then later buying rental properties in more affordable states with our profits.

Another case where common sense isn't so common.My $0.02 ...

Today, I analyzed over 10 condos, and while I found one with a positive cash-on-cash return, it was far from impressive.I’d love to hear from experienced condo investors about why this type of real estate might make sense despite the low cash-on-cash returns and HOA fees that cannot be influenced.As a bonus, if anyone has purchased investment properties for their children with a similar goal, I’d really appreciate any insights about your process or results.I am looking at buying 2 investment condos for my children to pay for their college tuition in 13-15 years.

Not every pause is a bad thing as sometimes the GP if experienced can work it out and the reason they are doing it makes sense. 

Jonathan makes perfect sense. 

They look at the deal closely and won’t lend you money unless the deal makes sense, so it helps you avoid bad deals.

Does this make more sense? 

Yeah that all makes sense, and I'm sure there was a ton that happened in the background here for the last 2 years since the vote to re-zone failed a second time.