DFW C class apartments were selling around $30K/unit 10 years ago (8% cap rate) but now they are over $100K/unit (5.5% cap rate plus massive rent increase). 

At the same time, States like Texas are luring quite a few companies out of California by offering them massive tax breaks, and decreased regulation that's almost as valuable.

NPR 4/14/2020https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/14/833920538/americas-largest-bank-jpmorgan-chase-prepares-for-massive-round-of-defaultsAmerica's Largest Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Prepares For A Massive Round Of DefaultsBanks are starting to reel from the financial impact of job losses and business shutdowns across the country from the coronavirus.Two of the nation's biggest banks reported plummeting profits during the first three months of the year as they sought to prepare for an onslaught of defaults in debt that ranged from credit cards and mortgages to business loans.The country's largest bank, JPMorgan Chase, said its profit fell by 69% as it set aside $8.2 billion — the largest amount since 2010 — to prepare for defaults.The bank is adjusting to what CEO Jamie Dimon called "a very tough and unique operating environment."

All bets are off if the tech sector gets hit hard with massive layoffs or there is a full blown recession.

Anyways, happy to be a part of this massive forum and contribute to the community.Cheers,-Phil@ThinkMakeDo

Meanwhile, the inventory of completed new homes available for sale is down a massive 48.1% over the past year (illustrating just how strong demand was in 2020).

B2B can become a hotbed of liability and contractual disputes if a large scale project starts to go massively sideways, and every separate subcontractor can get dragged into finger-pointing quagmire.

People only sell stuff for a discount when they have a major pain, so remember that when you’re going through leads.5) Growing too fastThis was a major problem for me because I was trying to follow wholesalers that were doing 50k+ per month and already had a massive operation.

I have a solid team with a massive amount of experience and honestly capital as well.

@Christopher Gadison I'm out for my W2 work now doing agent work for large utility-scale solar development.There are a few ways people get into solar profitably:1) Own raw land in massive contiguous or nearly-contiguous quantities near or under high voltage transmission lines; get it leased by a big solar developer; usually 2,000+ acres depending on area and power prices.2) Put together a solar "deal" and flip the deal to a large renewables company; you find the land, get it under contract/lease, design and engineering the facility, get everything permitted, line up contractors, line up a PPA (power purchase agreement), then sell the whole thing off3) Develop and operate one yourself (this is very rare for private folks at utility scale).