However, I can still get primer cheaper at HD - I use Kilz.I know, I use a high volume painter's account.I'm not paying more than $15/gl on repaints, people can spend big money on paint.Btw - Shur Scrub is Sherwin Williams

Anyone who does volume buying monthly can get this stuff for pennies, not dollars.4.

Take any large metroplex and I bet you can count on your two hands (and maybe just one) all the multifamily brokers that do 80% of the volume.

Originally posted by @Andrew Stephens:Originally posted by @Mike Fletcher:Originally posted by @Brad Cogswell:These visual comparisons illustrate that Baltimore is oversupplied with inexpensive homes, while DC essentially has no affordable homes for sale (many of the less than $300,000 listings are auctions or very small houses in disrepair).You are sort of trying to compare volume of both cities in different median price points... median price in DC is about $555,000 and in Baltimore median =$120,000s.

That should speak volumes.

They are higher than the number used by OP and they have the benefit of large unit volumes. 

@Steven Gesis  I can't speak for others but we usually have a claim or two a year as we will have 200 plus properties on our insurance at anyone time.. so if its not hail in the deep south.. its tenant or some other issue.. or car running into it.. or who knows.but I make a claim on any event I think they will cover and if they cover it I pay the deduct.. ( we have high deduct because of our sheer volume of properties) but my rates have never changed..I think many fear this as they relate it to auto insurance..

However, if you do volumes, local store will be much more friendly in pricing for example I could get at least 45% off paint (normally 55%) and HD only goes up to 25%.

The size, scale and volume of real estate investing opportunities in the US is unbelievable.

Both definitely require a bull market and can give you heart burn in a downturn.