For my senior project, I am researching the ideal marketing strategy for a hypothetical (but could become real) multi-unit Tiny Home STR property in Malibu, CA (with the potential to generate huge cash flow and long-term equity ;)To graduate, I need a guest from a real estate company to sit in on my final presentation (10 minutes) and to provide brief feedback (3-5 minutes) on Tuesday, April 23rd at 3:00 PM PST on Zoom (15 minutes total).

It is much more important to get to know what a PM's experience is, how many years they have been managing properties, are they also an investor, what types of owners they work with, how many total units they manage, what their largest property is, what class of properties do they manage, how do they handle tenant communication, maintenance requests, expenses, do manage commercial or residential, and what type of software they use.Just some advise from a seasoned investor and property manager, The First Question That You Shouldn't Ask is, How much do you charge?

And real estate appreciates 5% annually (about national average). $100k in stocks earns $10k annuallyVS$100k in real estate can purchase a $500k property (assuming 20% down).

Prices vary but most are 400k-1.5m ranging from 10 units to 40 units.

I have bought a couple of single family houses in the past as rentals, but I would like to learn more about buying either an apartment complex or possibly buying multiple single family units.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Jacksonville.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Jacksonville.

@Marty HowieYes people are still investing, at least in residential 1-4 units. 

Nevada has the third lowest property taxes in the nation, no state income tax and very landlord friendly laws.

There are lockable thermostats for commercial use, but I can't see that working in a rental.I think the main issue will always be that any thermostat that you can set a minimum temperature in will always be susceptible to this fail safe failing, due to the possibility the tenant could change it on purpose or on accident.I'd hope in a 4 plex as long as there is no building defect to the thermal envelope that it would be difficult for one units pipes to freeze as long as the other units were occupied, seeing as they share some common walls/ceilings.