I personally think that most of those that proclaim this, are holding units in difficult to tenant areas, so without the Section 8 their business model falls apart, but I am not an expert with 100's or 1000's of units and I am making a huge assumption that could be totally wrong and is based on a very small sample population.As for dogs....higher rent, move less frequently, sometimes it demonstrates higher level of responsibility, are all fair generalizations.

You frequently see them advertising on BP.

I have fellow investors from cleveland that are now local to me that travel there frequently that claim the area is decent and upcoming, trulia claims it is a low crime rate, while some claim it is a war zone.

We frequently utilize them as a lender and they're very good.

Make sense that the best value to offer is more closings.So Brandon Turner talks a lot in his book about frequently offering "ridiculous" offers to get great deals.

Many investors attempt to generate a steady flow of income by engaging in frequent flips. 1.

It's grown a bit robust though I like it b/c it's from the IRS (you know the ones who will determine what does and does not qualify as an OZ investment). https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/opportunity-zones-frequently-asked-questionsAlso, I like talking OZs so if you have questions, just shoot a message or post.

It can be tough to identify a great contracting team or crew in Chattanooga, a lot of investors I know hire their own crew and purchase properties frequently enough to keep them busy and solely working for them so they don't have to pick up other jobs.

That means your vacancy costs are incurred more frequently AND are a larger % of your rent.All that said, there are plenty of investors who are very successful in the tougher property niche, however - they have their own expense and NOI models from their experience.

I see people posting here quite frequently "the roof is only 2 years old, so I don't need to reserve for it" which I disagree with since the roof WILL need replaced and you can save now or save later, but either way that roof will fail, need replaced and cost money at a point in the future, whether or not you have adequate reserves.