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Rise48 is raising preferred equity at a valuation that is not market, with income growth projections that are unreasonable, and putting $7,000,000 of new investor cash back in their pockets... $7,000,000!!

This deal was brought us off-market by a friend.

A good PM can often get higher rent to offset their cost because they manage at arms length compared to the owner who may be worried about charging market because it’s “too high”.

I, too, am in Tampa and I've been a lender/banker and a Real Estate investor in the market since 1996.

Given your mobility for duty posts you can really ramp up your real estate portfolio while serving.Every time they got stationed somewhere they would purchase a property to live in using their VA and house hack.

In that process, I got my real estate license to buy the house and save on fees. 

Quote from @John Reagan Johnson: I am new to the real estate industry and am looking to connect and exchange businessIf you are new I would suggest something totally different. 

In many markets section 8 is higher than market rate. and investors need that extra return to mitigate the risk of sec 8 tenants generally speaking.

However, past performance of appreciation is not necessarily indicative of future gains due to variables within each market.