This is primarily because the franchisor are able to negotiate lower or below market lease rates due to their guarantees and credit rating.

The loans can be good options, though, if you are trying to achieve a lower blended rate or streamline your mortgage payment by just having one payment as opposed to several.

Sounds like you and your brother are close! 

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+, zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680, some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Closed/sold on my first property end of Jan, and finishing up my second flip this week.

Posting one time in the forum which most closely relates to your topic will help you get more response.

There is some very low priced real estate in Akron but the housing Demand is a little lower than rival markets.

But we basically followed David Greene's advice for finding a realtor in Long-Distance Real Estate Investing.Here's a summary of what we were looking for:* An agent who has experience being a landlord/investor and so already shares our perspective (looks for opportunity rather than curb appeal)* An agent who knows the Alexandria area well* An agent who doesn't mind showing us many houses and writing a bunch of lower offers* An agent who doesn't mind sharing their opinion about a property being wrong for us so we can move on to the next oneThere are many great meetups here.

I have 12-doors and I'm closing on a new duplex next month.Ultimately, the market you choose will depend on your goals.Looking for cash flow and lower entry price points?

I am currently finishing up remodeling a bar/restaurant for this investor that will be closed on by the end of May.My current financial situation is unfortunately not great.