It includes everything from call management to analytics and monitoring.

Realize a REIT also will cost a lot more for tax returns and potential reporting. 

.- It needed a community face lift and re-brand (was called windmill apartments....yuck.)We came in and strategically worked our business plan:- We upgraded the exterior including fresh paint, signage, and landscaping.- We removed delinquent tenants and changed the community standards around to provide a safe and clean place of living.- We've upgraded 75% of the units with fresh flooring, paint, cabinets, countertops, and appliances as needed.When we took over the property the 16 units were producing around $9000/month in gross rent.I just checked our rent roll today, and we just crossed $17,000 in gross income monthly!

Quick searches include terms like Joint Venture and Contractual Agreement.

We then also have a team of “coaches” that will help make sense of the numbers and provide feedback based on the data we have seen from hundreds of other successful deals before.Rehab: Another resource we provide is inspection report and rehab bid reviews with our construction coaches.

We have had success with 1 br units, including senior citizens. 

I also like to "borrow" ideas and look at what amenities are most popular in that area so that I can include those amenities at my property.

If not, better to get an easy one for the first one.....And don't worry too much about the interest rates. they are still pretty low (historically anyway, I won't even tell you what they were for my first house :-)The numbers just have to work, and they can work with even higher rates.....there are other variables, including the perceived high rates keeping a lot of your competitors out of the market.

Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.4.

I had received approval from my parole officer for a residential move, but there was a misunderstanding regarding the reporting timeline for my arrival at the new address.