The alternative if you just want some smaller scale steady income, is buying a unit in one of the newer buildings.

@Joel Owens that was my thought just build your own ... why rent at all now that he has mass and scale

We are steadily coming up with various design plans to modernize the space and make it more functional but given that the existing structure is so "different" I was wondering if you guys ever call in structural engineers for some of the larger scale rehabs?

If the average house is 200k price for 2 million that is 10 houses a month for a closing about every 3 days.With buyers you are limited because of scale.

Are you looking to scale?

I have found that the larger loans are usually easier to do just because the economy scale makes these deals more attractive to a broader range of lenders.Nicolas Paez

Also really large apartment buildings with scale.

They have a $20,000 minimum so it's a bigger chunk of money than most platforms, but that's likely because of the scale of the total offering.  

Do costs really scale in proportion to ARV?

reversion to the mean is a good basis but it doesnt always happen - and of course on the longer scale the mean is a lot lower than that recent trend line. good luck!