Before that, it's just like playing Sim City.

But in the mean time, yes it’s an appreciation play.

City planning,  development happening on a specific block, a new ordinance in a zip code, the sudden decision to eliminate STR -- so many factors come into play and you need to understand quite a bit about a market in order to make truly informed decisions (or rely on someone else who has already done the analysis and can tell you what fits your strategy/goals.

For instance, I purchase in Western Mass and I look for at least the 1% rule on my multi's out here, but that would be super unrealistic if looking at the Boston market.

I know this may play into the loan to value stuff they officers use?

I live out of state (in Mass) and I am looking for realtors, property managers, and info on the Rochester, NY market.

That brings a lot of great areas into play.

2) Is there anyone who is part of the group that is working at a higher level than me that I can try to collaborate with.If it's a mass bunch of newbies being led by a guru, I would steer clear.For me, just contacting investors & other RE pros and asking them things like "what do you need?"

It will allow your PM and HW company to play the blame game on each other and ultimately you and your tenant will suffer.I would suggest the following:1.

The following are a few that comes to mind:(1) Holding cost/s to fix these properties far outweigh the profit the company was going to make after rehab.(2) The turnaround time to fix these properties is untenable due to the shortage of labor costs.(3) The inflated acquisition price, coupled with an extensive long lead time of raw material have exasperated the new supply of new housing inventory.(4) Institutional investors are selling/bailing because of the sentiment of https://tinyurl.com/Shoeshineboyindicator.(5) And last but not least, the AI algorithm has taken into account the above parameters and predicted a bearish outlook for the subject housing market segment.With all of the above in play, what?