After you eliminate all personal debt besides your mortgage & max out retirement accounts & have a healthy savings account, you need to set aside downpayment + reserves to buy 1 house every 2-3 years and allocate a % to equities & private debt offerings as the rest.

There are a lot of energy and resources that go into getting the snowball rolling, so that's what I invest in right now. 

I guarantee the fire marshal would back you up.You could be nice and offer to install a $200 bike rack outside the building, but I would not compromise on storing personal items in common space. 

If you already manage your 4 properties, you can build on those systems you already have in place and offer your services to other landlords and investors.

I ran across this company/tool here on BP last week and have been looking over what they offer. https://www.houseflippingspreadsheet.com/Yes.

Generally the listing realtor won't show your offer favourably with a vtb.I personally found the best owner financing comes from motivated vendors, in the private market. 

And what resources/websites do you like use to analyze a market for things like: job growth, population growth, unemployment rates, crime rate, what big companies/firms are there/moving in, etc.? 

I worked for Zillow Offers.

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I’m not offering legal advice so do your diligence.