**Customization Options:** Early buyers can often choose finishes and layouts and pick the floorplans and floors they love the most, adding personal value.3.

But just recently the city of Milwaukee did an annual assessment of that property and went up 30k in value. 

When there is no realtor involved, it could be fine, but it could be disguising the fact that there would be fraud going on or that the purchase price doesn't equal market value (i.e. two related people selling a property one to another at an inflated value, etc.)

Also, if you're paying less than fair market value, you may need to be careful regarding gift taxes. 

Here are some Propstream filters that a lot of my investor clients have found helpful: VacantNon-Owner OccupiedHigh EquityOff Market# Years of Ownership, Minimum 5 YearsMaximum Value = Median House Price for Entire MarketOwnership Type = Individual & TrustSingle Family homesYear Built Before 2000Minimum 3 Bedroom, 2 BathroomThese can be great opportunities.

Depends on how much you value the cash flow & building a real estate portfolio vs getting the cash now to invest in other things such as a house hack.If you need some useful tools for getting started, send me a PM and I'll share with you.

I see value in both, but I'm unsure which is the better option.

And *not* junk, they provide you value - a lower rate.Rest assured you'll get an expert on the phone and a great rate(points or not) driven lower with technology from Lower.com. 

Assuming all other things are equal, the quadplex of 1/1s is going to set the floor value and the appraiser will make line item adjustments on value to back into their opinion of the value of your property.

Are there any other "untapped" Ski Resort Towns that can provide Value as well as Cash Flow, with Cash Flow being the Primary Goal?