", or "I want to control hundreds of properties".

Including the very high demand as well as things like rent control with specific exemptions and clauses depending on the city. 

Don't forget they think you are a dumb as dirt landlord with no business skills in managing a property they believe they are in full control of.

Therefore, it is important to have some metric of what the NOI will be when you need the capital to flow out as part of your IRR strategy.Presuming you are correct about stabilized rents, and presuming that we are all taking educated guesses as to the Cap Rate in the future, something we have no control over, the things that are most most important are escalation of rent revenue, OpEx, and economic loss numbers.

Real estate is my passion and has taught me many valuable professional and personal lessons.Our short term real estate investing goal is to acquire/control 100+ apartment units with our main focus on cash flow.

There are a couple of ways to tell but the easiest way is to go into your computer's control panel and sort the list of programs by date having the most recent programs installed on the top then look at the dates to see if anything new was installed on your computer. 

Just make sure you know the area you're getting into, because that's one of the most important things not under your control. 

I feel that I will have more control over the investments in real estate over the stock market.

I am in 100% control of my inventory flow.

Hi @Alexander Zurn,While I believe there is a buyer for every house, in this case you are dealing with an issue too far outside your control.