I am happy to send you my neighborhood grade map to help you get started.

If you're confident you can find better cash-flowing deals or scale your portfolio with leverage, it could make more sense to reinvest rather than pay off the loan.

My advice would be to start small with your first deals to gain experience before scaling up.

HUD targets average rents for an area, so just like average school grades, this typically translates to Class C property rents.In our Metro Detroit market, the MAJORITY of the claims about getting higher than market rents can be traced to a Class D Neighborhood/Property. 

Hoping to go down one of two paths:1- Buy a condo or small single family home and build equity and create value with my maintenance/construction background.2- Find a cash provider to do this on a larger scale with a 3-5 unit building. 

The platform aims to provide investors with everything they need to run and scale a successful real estate investment business in one place.

Continue to scale my personal RE investments and learn!

There about volume, and only way to scale that is in more volume.

., brands, grades).Referenced drawings or blueprints.Agreed working hours (e.g., 8 AM–5 PM, Mon–Fri due to HOA rules).The clearer your scope, the fewer misunderstandings you’ll face.Signatures:Always have the subcontractor sign first, then you sign.

Once I've completed these initial projects and built up some capital, my long-term goal is to transition into buy-and-hold investments in potentially more affordable markets to maximize cash flow and scale up.Right now, I'm particularly interested in investing locally here in the Seattle metro area.