Most of the OOS markets investors target do not have much appreciation potential, are lower end properties that will have ongoing issues and will not give the OP the opportunity to self manage his units to gain true real estate experience and understanding.

Lots of deals "in the works" but nothing at the moment.Unless find a way to get more deals in front of me, two things will happen:* My money will sit idle while waiting for a deal, reducing my effective yield* I may have to settle for a lower return among my few choicesHow do I go about opening the deal flow floodgates?

He didn't have the experience I did and thought he would "surprise me" with such a great deal.

Can you create a unique experience for your gusts to get to 75% occupancy? 

I assume that it may also be cost effective to go with a builders templated design as the design docs have been completed and approved by city?

Obviously, we need to maximize our tax effectiveness in the situation and the monthly is going to be huge, especially if we can’t get the rents to cover the mortgage.

My primary goal is to discover the most effective advice on how to commence with limited resources.

I would love to get some advice from locals or any real estate expert with experience in Maryland on the best locations (cities, neighborhoods, etc) to buy this type of property at a fair price.Thanks in advance!

There have been other sponsors that have sounded interesting to me, but I usually listen while I'm driving or running and can't easily stop and write down the name of the sponsor, seems like it would be more effective advertising to list them in the show notes, or to have one page where BP lists all the podcast sponsors so you can go back to get more information.

From my experience it is common practice.