Now I'm worn down--and NOW I get my worst tenant situation of all, involving a felon with serious anger problems, who moved in with a seemingly good single-mother tenant, without my permission. 

A lot of opportunities to buy aged C-class homes at 8, 9, 10 caps.Small investor expense ratios are 40%.Large operator expense ratios are 37/38 %.Large platforms/institution expense ratios are 33/34%Big benefit of blanket insurance policies is to drive costs down.A lot of BFR is looking for a bridge product for 2 years to hope rates get back down in the 5% range.Cannot use HPA on BFR communities you plan on selling based on cash flow.5-18% rental premium being achieved based on new construction communities compared to new construction scatter sites.For real time comps go to biggest operators BFR, small multifamily.More confidence about the cost of construction having stabilized.Some products which will not be good for retail buyers will also not be good for rentals.

Lots of headwinds facing real estate, like the following: Inflation Consumer Debt Lack of consumer liquidity-- renters don’t have first and last month’s rent, let alone a down payment to buyOwners interest-rate lockedOversupply of class A multifamilyStagnation of rent growth on assets aggressively underwritten at acquisition Maturation of term debt combined with stagnant rent growth against a backdrop of rising debt rates =investors unable to meet basic debt coverage service ratios on refinance Market normalization forcing operators and investors to rely on market fundamentals (recently) forsaken, while prioritizing expediency of deploying capitalInstitutional and local investors are both frozen by volatility and cost of capital and debtAll that being said, we feel good about B and C class assets we focus on and the markets we are in. let's connect soon 

Well Erik, I received 3% seller’s credit to buy down on interest rate.

Best of luck.Dimitrius Kiritsis hit it right on the head, if I had to add anything from my experiences, learn what a CAP  rate, NOI ROI is in your, of course you'll need to look at rents for similar size apt units, I say the main thing is knowing how much the property is bringing in and how much is going out.

<--This right here could be a point of negotiation to further drive down the price of the property.I hope this helps and good luck!

(Bothell WA).I wonder any of your inputs might help to narrow down my options.My property is already appreciated 100% purchanse price was 530K.

Plus they had it turned down to 69 - very low for Florida.

They can do HELOCs down to 640 for primary homes and 680 for investment properties, combined loan to value (CLTV) are up to 85% for cash out for primary homes and up to 70% for investment properties (max CLTV depends on credit score).HELOC maximum line amounts up to $400,000 for primary homes and $250,000 for investment properties (maximum loan to value (LTV) varies based on credit score). 

Deferring All Taxes - if you want to defer all taxes, make sure that the total value of what you buy is greater than $580K (or whatever your final combined net sales value ends up at) and that you use all of your sale proceeds as down payment on your replacement property(ies).