These are areas that a lot of people are moving to and experiencing a lot of growth but they are no where near following the 2% rule.

I would go talk to the parties living in the house to work with them to try to get into the house to look and if purchased leaving the house in good condition. i.e a couple hundred dollarsto leave peacefully or the ability to live in the house while you foreclose, first month rent at another location etc.

Growth trends of population, commercial, recreational, residential are viewed with municipal services, hospitals and governing issues.

K.Marie Poe recently reminded us that it is our ability to solve a sellers problem by providing needed cash.

That will certainly impact your ability to buy your "dream house".

1 beds have much higher turnover.The 2 bed in a different area could be in a more desirable area where rent growths,supply and demand,and appreciation is better along with cap rate compression.The same could be said for the 1 bed depending on where it is located.The 2 bed could be under market and you purchase and get 100 per month more per door and the income scenario changes.Some landlords keep under market rents to avoid headaches and turnover repairs and keep them full.They have paid debt service down over the years and dealt with so many headaches getting full market rent they do under market to not have the hassle.When you are slightly under market you can get picky and take the most well qualified tenants.Just like buying a house tenants in good standing want the nicest place they can find for the best price.

What ever hat you might wear in a N/P circle you need to be viewed as the expert in your area to command respect of other participants and have the ability to lead them in the direction needed to accomplish the mission.

Once you have done this a few times, now you have built a track record and can consider going the PPM route.In doing so, you need to make sure that when you raise the capital, you have the ability to place it in good projects.

The ability to levergae your note protfolio will allow you to buy more without liquidating them.

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