I haven’t given any thoughts to the things you have mentioned but it has prompted me to go back to the drawing board to see what would make the most sense financially with my goals.

If you have good credit above 740 and have 25%-30% to put down it’s really not a difficult loan process. 8 Units typically will offer a 1.25% DSCR ratio which is required in most cases but the approval is going to be based on the rents.

Keep updating it as your knowledge base grows.  

That seems to be the bar most investors draw the line on in determining if they should move forward or not.  

If professionally done it will look better and be nearly just as durable as LVP (and likely cost less.)If using an oil based polyurethane coating (do multiple coats), the floor can be buffed and recoated as needed opposed to a LVP where you can't really do any maintenance and in the even of a repair often times you're stuck taking up all or most of the interlocking floor which is a huge hassle.I love LVP in the right situations and almost always use it in a kitchen or bathroom remodel, but have found it cost effective both on the front end and for maintenance reasons to save the hardwood when possible.

Based on my records, we did $11,550 in depreciable improvements.

Plus, there are plenty of golf cart rental places in my area, and in other parts of the Emerald Coast, bicycles are a big draw (but I don't have those at my properties either).

But I think, like many people found out during COVID, if you just buy a tract home that looks generic in a generic area, you will get generic returns, which based on my friends and other commenters here seems to range from small loss each month to modest gain. 

@Jason Allen, Great post, we have a few real estate / Construction business here in Columbus and have been wondering what the best strategy / planning should be for the next 3,5,10,20 years based on all this investment and growth.

I saw a listing for a 15-unit apartment building that is for sale and the property has a 5.3 cap rate, this isn't the issue.The issue is in the listing description the agent said the building could have rent growth potential based on the rising rent prices in the area which she said would bring the property to a 6.6 capNow my question is why would I buy a property for 2.5 million when with this new expected cap rate the property would tank to just under 2 millionNOI is roughly 132,000 and most units are in pretty good shapeAnother note is the average cap rate in the area the property is located in is a 6.4 cap