It's definitely a people business and while there will be many bad apples out there my goal is to find the few good ones and work with them exclusively!

Apples and oranges.

----------This week is absolutely chock-full of both economic and geopolitical action.We have:--Fed Interest Rate Decision--~20% of public companies report earnings, including: Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and ---Amazon and Meta, giving insight into the health of the consumer.

Think of NOI as what the property produces before debt; that’s how investors compare apples to apples.Keep digging — storage can be a great niche once you learn the levers.If you’d like, I can share a quick example template I use to separate NOI, DSCR, and true cash flow.Keep at it — you’re on the right path. 👏— Joshua

The trick is to compare apples to apples which is very hard.

I get to meet with them in person during a showing and can screen out the obvious bad apples that way. 

I am in exactly the same boat you described in trying to compare apples and orangutans.

It's also important to understand what is treated as equity because comparing construction loan options is like comparing apples to oranges and shouldn't rely on the leverage that's promoted without digging into the finer details.  

Will an "Apple" of crypto come along some day?

I’m based out in the High Desert, mainly around Victorville, Apple Valley, and Hesperia, so I can give you some first-hand perspective.