While the housing market nationwide remains neutral, Atlanta joined a growing list of large Southern metro areas that have tipped in favor of buyers.

This shows you're open to improvement but won’t let a picky guest's minor grievances dictate the narrative.Avoid Emotion: Keep the tone neutral and professional.

Class A & Class B properties with cash flow neutrality & YOY appreciation of 5-8% atleast, vacancy rate of less than 5% would make sense for me however new construction is out.That is something which i am not ready to commit to just yet considering the issues with global issue with builders and supply chain. 3.

And I was very choosy to buy in neighborhoods of new builds that were not saturated with investors I paid more and they were not as cash flow gifted as others who were focused on cash flow my main goal was Go Zone and then when i went to exit 10 years later I could actually sell them easy on the MLS to owner occs and made a little bit of appreciation while my cash flow was neutral to maybe tiny positive but i saved close to 500k plus in personal income tax over the course of 3 years buying them before go zone expired..

I believe I can take the $500,000 and leverage it into 2-4 cash flow neutral- -positive STR units which would cover the net uptick in debt coverage.

Instead, focus on the criteria you’ve set for tenant approval.Here’s a professional and neutral way to phrase your denial:Keep it General: "After reviewing your application, we have decided to move forward with other applicants who more closely meet our rental criteria."

Initial Plan: Use the property as a long-term rental, aiming for cash flow neutrality or slight positive cash flow.

This amount aligns closely with your rental income after expenses, so you’d be cash-flow neutral or slightly positive.At the end of the five-year term, you could aim for a balloon payment based on the property’s future value, which should appreciate by around 4% annually.

Now, if you're main goal is cash flow, then this is likely not your place to go, but if you're open to cash-flow neutral, then you're likely to see some great long-term appreciation.I've worked with an awesome investment-minded Austin agent when she was buying up in Denver, and she's got rentals in Austin that are doing well, too. 

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