If it’s exposed dirt where kids tend to bathe in the stuff, the lead levels must be lower.

Listing brokerages for commercial tend to only push what is in their company inventory whether the deal is bad,average, or a great one.

I tend to be quite conservative when I run numbers and make offers, but sometimes I feel like you need to take a leap of faith to get something going!

As you move further out the boards tend to get a little less conservative but I don't think any of them will allow the additional leverage. 25% down indicates to me the board this board is already on the liberal side... it only gets more conservative from there.

Seniors tend not to move and they don't wreck your property with wild parties, as a rule. 

Not only are taxes rough in New York, but Syracuse has experienced five decades of declining population. https://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/pubs/research...When you look at the principles of supply and demand, rent growth, occupancy levels, and NOI tends to lag behind markets with growing populations.

The rod that works the pop-up stopper tends to catch any hair or fiber and combined with soap residue makes clogs. 

Given what big tech tends to do in this situation, I'll probably never be able to get that reversed.

Deals in markets like SF or LA can tend to be low on the cash flow, which means the COC ROI will be low or sometimes negative but that doesn't stop thousands of investors from pursuing deals each month.

In the Northeast I tend to see percentage of rent (5%-10% depending on market).