My team handled hundreds of properties annually, working with Fannie Mae and institutional clients, and maintaining consistent multi-million-dollar closing volumes each year.I built standardized SOPs for the entire REO lifecycle — preservation, valuation, listings, and closings — to make the process efficient and repeatable.

Quote from @Marc Rapuano: Hello,I am very much interested in beginning to invest in commercial real estate and I think having a mentor would make my intro go much more smoothly and efficiently.  

At another development 17 two story townhouses with basements were all modulars trucked to the site from a factory.

I’m most interested in BRRRR and buy-and-hold rentals, and I keep going back and forth between starting with a small multi-family (duplex/triplex/fourplex) or a single-family rental.Here’s where I’m stuck:SFRs seem easier to manage and may be less intimidating for a first deal, but the cash flow might be tighter.Small multis could bring stronger cash flow and efficiency, but I’ve heard they can be tougher to finance, and vacancies or tenant issues could hit harder if I don’t have a solid team yet.For those of you who’ve been down this road already:Which one did you start with, and why?

The key factor is whether the rental activity is treated as a business vs. passive investment, and that often comes down to material participation and how the property is used.

@Theresa Harris Your suggestions would be efficient ways to manage the situation. 

@Bryant Brislin your question is intriguing and hope that someone could provide an efficient answer 

It really hasn't become a problem as I have gotten better and more efficient as time goes on.  

If you can find a niche that works and makes you more efficient, it changes everything.

Minimum total price for a smaller, yet still “efficient” property would be in the $1,500,000 + range in the less expensive states.