------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

The rental might be vacant for a month,(8% loss) or a tenant might not pay for a month while you pay to evict them.(8-16% loss)  A $1,000 appliance/water heater, or a $8k rook or hvac unit might go out.(5-40% loss)  You should be paying a PM 8%.

So you would spend around $25-$30k a month (this was 15 years ago) on police details and require union gate and non union gate if you had non union workforce as well.In DC area, the utility providers are a huge challenge, whether getting permanent power, or water/sewer service etc - good luck.

With the lower price point rentals, you basically just tread water.

I'm skeptical but I'm willing to test the water to something small first.

Is this structure standard, though, in terms of capping investor returns at 12%?  

The industry standard currently is around 70%, but there are some that will go up to 75% or 80%, but you've got to have pristine credit.

Also, Investors need to be prepared for and understand if there are additional costs that come with foreclosures, such as water bills, and potential fines for property upkeep.

@Bijan SabbaghiYou don’t that’s the challenge - we pull data from several places as a note holder and for example and currently we see less than 20% actually going to foreclosure as most are ending in bankruptcy right now due to borrowers equityThe ones that are under water are typically going back to the bank.Best bet is to find properties where deceased or maybe divorced to get higher chance of actually going to foreclosure

If I go BRRRR I’ll refinance with a standard lender.Assuming we sell for $625k which is the ARV and market analysis I pulled, purchased for $345,500 and have $120k in reserves for rehab cost.