:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+, zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680, some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Think typically you're paying 10-12% annual interest on it.

Hi @Alex Sinunu - sorry you have not received a response yet on how to evaluate brokers.

  $5k isn't close to realistic.By the time you add up grading, foundation, sewer (with fall), water, low voltage, and access-related changes, I would expect something on the order of $20k in horizontal costs for a typical flat 5000sf lot to drop one of these in the backyard. 

My question is, what strategies are investors typically using in Dallas?

I typically get weekend rentals starting in May thru June.  

Is it because private loans are typically short-term?

If so, what kind of services are you typically recommending and which do your clients most need/appreciate?

The draw back to these loans is that they are more paperwork heavy than the other "portfolio" types of loans....but if you have ever received a loan on your primary home, it's likely that you will go through the same type of paperwork here with conventional lending.

The home is typically used as a model home so there will be very little damage.