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Noise, traffic, odors, lighting and other external factors can impact marketability. two cents worth :)

Partial payments are also not an issue for us and have no impact on an in-progress eviction.

This will have a large impact on which one I choose.I also have found someone in my local area that is willing to mentor me, so I should be able to get into wholesaling quicker than if I was doing it on my own.

This will maximize tax deduction on the rental.The units we have near military bases have a consistant rental history, but to better your odds and lessen the impact of a vacant unit, buy duplexes.

Did the agreement call for 6% from the buyer regardless of the selling price of the property, or was there some sort of low-price clause that would essentially impact investors purchasing inexpensive properties?

In theory, the success of any single participant (investor) won't *necessarily* impact the success of any other participant ("necessarily" is an important distinction, as it certainly could under certain circumstances).

If you have a FHA multi family loan in process, you might be highly impacted.

My boat eventually capsized and I survived the storm, but not without losing almost everything.My goal was to have passive income from multiple properties in multiple geographic locations to mitigate the impact of a natural disaster.

The SBA will be delayed unless a syndicator takes the risks underwriting.A bigger issue is the impact of the unknown for many buyers, motivated by rates going up yet holding off with questions of how employment or income will trickle down to them, I'd say the market will slow after a couple more weeks if the debt limit is held hostage with the CR.