I know a great architect in the South Bay who’s done both large and small scale projects.

The biggest problem is staying on the roof while doing the required tasks.First, pressure wash it to remove any loose scale or contaminants.

The growth of ISU hasn't been as significant as what was projected, so there has been a bunch of new housing, which I think has been more challenging to fill due to the lack of growth and increased housing (i.e. more supply but less demand).I did recently talk to someone who works as a property manager in Ames and she said that they were raising rent costs again, but that isn't convincing enough for me.I live in Ames and work in Ames but am investing in the Des Moines area just because I think you can have a greater profit margin than what you can find in Ames.Real estate investors continue to buy in Ames and they will make money doing so, but I just think there is more money to be made in the DSM area unless you are wanting to buy at a much larger scale (like apartment complexes).Let me know if I can help in any way!

I am hoping after we get a deal or two under our belt that this loan product with my HELOC might give me option to scale fast and work more than just a couple deals a year.   

More doors will bring you economies of scale on both money and effort.

In order to do so you need a versatile system that will scale with your growth!

I can't scale that strategy but it is a great base of operations for me and significantly lowers my dependency on needing to be an amazing real estate investor to pay my bills.

Well I was going to invest the equity in other other rentals to scale my business.

So how do folks scale so quickly?

-----> How would you navigate your start up, and scale?