I also like the strategy of modeling multiple offer prices simultaneously — letting the numbers dictate the ceiling ensures both discipline and flexibility.It’s a smart way to balance competitiveness with lender-grade safety, and it reinforces the value of data-driven decision-making over intuition alone.

Then if the appraisal comes in even 5% under your ARV projection, suddenly you're leaving way more capital in the deal than planned.The way I've been stress-testing deals is running multiple scenarios before making an offer.

As a conservative investor, I am personally not comfortable in investing in any of those platforms as I prefer sponsors with a lot more experience, a lot more skin in the game, better fees, a model that can be recession stress tested, etc..

This is the true test of the Architect, and the true test of the relationship between the Architect and client. 

The leads you’re getting are probably tire-kickers or just early planners testing the waters.

Stress Testing Operations Matters - Before the Crisis HitsAirlines pre-position crews and plan for typical weather events, but even so, the recent storm showed how quickly routine stressors can cascade into major operational failure.

You want each decision to stand on its own so one problem doesn’t cascade across multiple households.

I see a specific "cycle of failure" happen constantly with capital raisers.
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If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Hi Friends,I am looking to flip in the Tampa area and I'm in touch with a few Wholesalers and Realtors there.I have received multiple properties from them; however, I am always concerned that their ARVs are inflated, which will leave me in the red.How do you determine correct ARVs when you are not physically present and can't pull your own comps from the MLS?