Quote from @Merritt Harris: One of the most important things you can do is educate them upfront about how you operate.

If you are the one or have worked with one that did a great job, please refer them to me.I am focusing on finding single/multi-family houses that need a lot of work in Bayonne, Jersey City (07304, 07305), The Heights, Union City areas.  

My accountant says I can't because I have a W2 job. 

I know some who started their own gig in last three years but have been around for 30 and put a team around them with other experienced operating experience, thus I would invest with them 10/10 times than the person who graduated college five years ago and is already doing syndications.The next few years are gonna remind me of the scene from the big short when he is with the stripper and she is talking about her five homes.

Breaking these three down on the direct impact they have had on multifamily pricing: rising interest rates impact your cost of capital, and taxes and insurance impact your net operating income (NOI) which has a multiple effect on evaluations when using the NOI approach for assessing value.Value, while a simple definition, is a complex concept.

Get a second job.

All private sector jobs are temporary.

Operating without insurance is a pretty big risk, not something I would do, especially if I am going to have a bunch of people on the property.Either find a different insurer or ditch the jacuzzi.

Often answers are scripted and your job as an investor is to ask the right questions in the right way to answer for yourself whether you can trust what you are hearing.

In a game of pennies and nickels, sometimes the boring basics are what help you to really impact the operations and NOI :)