We tried to reason with him he has a  business that is not doing good we have told him repeatedly that is no reason to not pay his rent on timeThe restaurant he is leasing from us is doing great business he needs to have a moment with a competent attorney we don’t have to make him understand his responsibilities he agreed upon in his lease 

Most investors are unable and most spend unnecessarily on entity creation and asset protection at the direction of alarmist asset protection firms for the incorrect reasons. 

It all depends on how your agent is able to convey the reason of the contingency and negotiate with the listing agent (As listing agents, they want to mitigate risks for their clients as well).For Condos in the Bay Area, you could be exposed to higher risk because of the new SB326 Balcony Law.

However, my main question is how investors determine a reasonable target, especially since some investors with access to higher capital are able to target projects with higher returns than the easily accessible passive or traditional opportunities. 

Jeff makes up repeated excuses and strange reasons as to why he can't/won't pay (i.e. family emergency, bank is rejecting wires, software/website is buggy, telling investors to go "f*ck their mother").I'm in a group with 30 other investors who were also scammed by him. 

And thats why those units are still seeing reasonable growth even after covid. 

Again I’m an investor and the reason I got my license is because of the lack of knowledge that agents have toward the investor sector of real estate.

I'm looking for something that is reasonably priced & will meet my needs as I grow.

Most of the reason I got into RE is because I control the asset.

The best approach is to set clear, written criteria, and then price the property at a rate that gets you enough applicants that you can find a few who meet your criteria reasonably quickly.