Research your local market trends before starting, and have a plan B (like renting out the property) if the market shifts unexpectedly.For anyone new to this, patience and flexibility are crucial.

Know that your job is to manage the manager, and as @Michael Smythe alluded to, if you don't know what or how they are managing, you can't manage how well they are doing.

Creating more true affordable housing isn’t really something that you can tell your local planning and zoning.  

I promptly applied for a no-plan mechanical permit online the next day.

I plan to do this in D.C or in a suburb of D.C.

300k - 5% down at 7% yields about 2800 mortgage, PMI, insfor easy number after reserves for cap-ex, repairs, vacancy, water/sewage - $3800I do not plan to live in the property.

The plan was to upgrade 10 units at a time and increase rents after that.

Hello, I have two questions - hoping some of you may have advice based on experience.I am intending to team up with a coworker who plans to pay for the rehab costs of a BRRRR strategy as I pay for the down payment.

She is very experienced and knows the area well.

Consider replacing them if you already plan to demo that area, such as for a new bathroom.