Are there other creative tips or contingencies (or lack thereof) that you find increase the chances while that won’t impose an unreasonable level of risk?

We have 10 listings here on the island and have built the systems to run a portfolio of this size at a very high level.

On a micro level, probably not a good idea.

.- Easy busline commute- Three bedrooms on the mainlevel with hardwood floors- Finished lower level includesfamily room, 4th bedroom withegress window and secondkitchen.creates great roommateoptions!

New listings have been below 2020 levels since the four-week period ending August 22.Active listings (the number of homes listed for sale at any point during the period) fell 21% from 2020.46% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market, above the 43% rate of a year earlier.33% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, up from 31% during the same period a year earlier.Homes that sold were on the market for a median of 20 days, up from the all-time low of 15 days seen in late June and July, and down from 32 days a year earlier.49% of homes sold above list price, up from 34% a year earlier.On average, 4.9% of homes for sale each week had a price drop, up 0.8 percentage points from the same time in 2020, and the highest level since the four-week period ending October 13, 2019.The average sale-to-list price ratio, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking prices, decreased to 101.2%.

My understanding is that their retainers are around $10,000, and while I am sure they are well worth it, we are just getting started and probably don’t need that level of caliber yet.

For reference- healthy inventory levels or a balanced market is 6 months of inventory. 

Then, ofcourse, I would look at other similar properties in the area to see whether I can try to exceed my minimum profitability level.

Rent levels go up and down but think 5 years out.

A good video that was helpful to me starting out is: How to Analyze a Real Estate Market in 60 Minutes - Know More than a Local Expert - Neal Bawa… (BP frowns on link posting… so copy-paste in google, it should be 57 min long).For some other let’s say high level book on the “start-to-finish” for MF investing, helpful to me are:Wheelbarrow Profits by Jake and GinoMultifamily Millions by David LindahlEmerging Real Estate Markets by David LindahlCreative Cash by Bill Ham (helpful for ‘seller financing’ options)Once you get through the “philosophy” of these, some more “meat and potatoes” digging into the actual numbers and case studies:The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesThe Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties by Steve BergesYouTube has some good underwriting resources:Break Into CRE with Justin KivelThe Multifamily Show with James Eng at Old CapitalAdventures in CRE with Spencer BurtonBruce KirschLocal meetups… you’ll learn a lot from other investors in your market… an active local REIA is UCREIA (Upstate Carolina Real Estate Investors Association) they have a monthly main meeting and then various sub-groups that meet monthly as well.Ben Jones and Ivan Jenkins run Multifamily Investor Nation – Greenville, SC sub-group, they do a hybrid with in person and virtual together.