Once you've identified what's important and what ratios to look for to evaluate a property, all future deals should be weighted against those "good" ratios/numbers - and periodically adjust to suit your goals.

How do you identify emerging markets before they become over saturated?

Quote from @Andrea Russin: A blanket loan would be a good way to spread the equity however it would limit your ability to easily exit one property without restructuring your loan.

Average rental rates, vacancies, competition, growth, appreciation, etc..Ive heard of scrolling through Zillow and collecting information by looking at properties for sale/rent but was wondering if there is a site where all of this information is easily accessible or any ideas for better ways to go about it.Thanks in advance!

Identifying value-add opportunities in strong neighborhoods and negotiating deals that make sense is something I’ve done a lot, so I understand what it takes to make these projects successful.If you’d like, we can connect and talk through some strategies or areas to focus on—I’m here to help however I can.

Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.

Securing funding has been challenging, particularly because my business documents reflect low revenue from only one duplex, and I am currently between jobs.I have identified a reasonably priced piece of land and have saved a small portion of the funds from my duplex sale to invest in this venture.

The more properties you walk and the more industry conversations you have, the better you’ll get at identifying these opportunities.

It may be best if you identify a property, even if it's a longshot and work with a lender to see what they would ask and how they respond.

If I had to guess I would say your money could “develop” 1-2 houses in Staten Island but in the right market you could easily get up to 12 or possibly more good units fully paid for.