Based on that, there’s probably different markets that fit your investment criteria.

I've run various calculations on what the value of my downpayment money would be over a 5, 10, 15, and 20-year period based on just leaving it untouched in the IRA vs. using it to invest in a STR and in almost all cases the STR outperforms, unless it just massively underperforms. 

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They have the customer base. do these people have access to your actual CREDIT ? 

@Corbin Wafford - you are correct that anything under 5 units is valued based on local comps.That said, I always ignore this rule and I base my MAO as if I were buying a commercial property.

Is it reasonable to ask an agent in the Florida market to include in an offer, a contingency based on achieving reasonably priced homeowners insurance?

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We’re Breaux Group 11, an ambitious real estate team based in Fargo, North Dakota, focused on building a strong foundation in the real estate world through wholesaling, flipping, and luxury property deals.

if possible, i would try to pick a market using qualitative factors, rather than just picking based on numbers. 

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