They clearly have an appetite for tax savings given their high income, but I’d make sure they also desire to have active goals (ie., starting a business or managing a short-term rental) to align with those strategies.

AND we have the discount set to work out to our desired monthly rent amount minus the fees.

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I do not want the scorecard to be how much I give away (I am not that generous 😊).I am my own boss with most days able to decide what I desire to do.  

My point was those properties are worth less because they're less desirable; they're in the middle of nowhere relatively speaking.

However, the suburb is very desirable and I was getting closer to the deadline and just accepted their counter, I think normally I would have negotiated a bit harder.

Definitely don't have the time/patience/desire to reproduce an IC site!

If there's only room for a bedroom or bathroom, I'd say a bathroom would be more desirable.

Hey everyone,I’ve gotten pretty solid with the numbers side of investing, but I’m still struggling with the research side.Right now, I feel like I’m spending way too much time manually looking up things like:Rental demand in specific neighborhoodsLocal rental regulations / restrictionsCrime stats and school ratingsAverage days on market for rentalsHousing authority info (for Section 8)General “desirability” of an areaThe issue: sometimes I’ll find a property that looks great on paper, but then realize I actually have no idea if people want to live there.So my questions are:👉 Do you all have a systematic approach to this research?

The easiest way to do that is look for desirable areas and buy just outside of it.