.🔴 Overly optimistic projections: Unrealistic ARV (after-repair value) or underestimated rehab costs can signal poor planning—or worse, a lack of transparency.🔴 Incomplete or disorganized documentation: Missing detailed plans, financial statements, or timelines could mean the borrower isn’t ready to execute the project successfully.🔴 Over-leveraged finances: Borrowers with excessive debt or insufficient personal capital invested in the deal could pose a greater risk of default.🔴 Questionable property comps: Overstated market values or inappropriate comparables may mean they’re inflating expectations.As always, thorough due diligence is your best protection.

I've heard reliable reviews on this company and was optimistic I would be able to trust them.

And yes, sad that cash flow seems to be an elusive reality right now, but I'm optimistic that it will be a possibility in the future.

So COGS would be $1,500 per deal.As for overhead, let’s say that you’re optimistic, and that overhead is $1,000/deal - figure lots of marketing, especially in the early years.

Here’s some helpful info we picked up along the way.If you want to live close to Uptown – maybe because you work there or love having lots of options for dining, bars, coffee shops, and more – consider areas like NoDa, Plaza Midwood, South End, Villa Heights, and Optimist Park.

Still, I think your numbers are quite optimistic.

 - just as it is possible to be overly optimistic on ARV, the same can, and often does, it can happen at the rent that can be obtained.  

I'd in the month that it takes to actually get an offer and the additional month it takes to close. 90 days is too optimistic. 

I am not optimistic about the future prospects.

They told me "So far still overall optimistic, but of course not without its hurdles.