Think about where this country was 200 years ago and compare it to now.

The biggest difference is having the patience to wait until what feels like the last minute to book folks compared to LTRs.

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

It isn't the metric you can talk about on a national scale, but if you keep buying the same product in the same area it is a very easy quick and dirty method to know how you are doing compared to other buys. 

For example, if you have no experience in land development - that is extremely complex and risky compared to owning NNN rentals. 

There is a lot of inventory in Jersey City, so compared to the rest of the state, there are opportunities there for good STR operators.

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We then use this to compare actuals to throughout the year and normally do a reforecast at the end of Q1 as thing evolve and change. 

Because the owners of Licensing Experts pay ALL CASH, the closing usually occurs 3-6 weeks, which is very fast compared to traditionally financed commercial deals I've seen on Bigger Pockets.The whole thing hinges on their very clever technique of getting existing commercial retail tenants engaged, willing to move into their newly acquired properties who are coming up for a lease renewal or lease expiration, rather than marketing for new commercial tenants - which would take way too long.Licensing Experts is somewhat of a "front" for their Mentorship Platform, as they evidently have many of their own separate entities for which they use to actually purchase and close on their commercial properties assigned by their mentees. 

This often means a smaller down payment and lower monthly payments compared to a traditional bank loan, especially since the seller may not be tied to the high interest rates banks are offering.Another option is a land loan from a local credit union or bank.