With your experience, you could also partner on bigger deals as a value-add player.

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There’s also a steady job market here, anchored by major logistics and distribution hubs (FedEx being the biggest name, but far from the only player), healthcare, and manufacturing.

showing Median sale price is almost 750k across all residential property types, and closer to 850k for single family  Performance by Property TypeDetached Single-Family HomesMetricApr 2025Apr 2024ChangeClosed Sales2,1262,101+1.2%Median Price$873,667$840,000+4.0%Days on Market6 days6 daysNo changePending Sales2,5042,622-4.5%Active Listings3,9492,638+49.7%Months of Supply2.091.47+0.62TownhomesMetricApr 2025Apr 2024ChangeClosed Sales1,2211,214+0.6%Median Price$619,500$630,000-1.7%Days on Market7 days6 days+1 dayPending Sales1,3151,367-3.8%Active Listings2,2851,598+43.0%Months of Supply1.971.44+0.53CondosMetricApr 2025Apr 2024ChangeClosed Sales1,1061,197-7.6%Median Price$400,000$380,000+5.3%Days on Market13 days9 days+4 daysPending Sales1,2051,397-13.7%Active Listings3,5812,333+53.5%Months of Supply3.242.02+1.22County-Level HighlightsLocationMedian PriceDays on MarketSales Change (YoY)Washington, DC$750,00018 days-6.3%Montgomery County, MD$670,0007 days+0.3%Fairfax County, VA$775,0006 days-0.9%Prince George’s, MD$454,44514 days-5.9%Loudoun County, VA$805,0006 days+6.3%Arlington County, VA$810,0007 days-9.5%Alexandria, VA$790,0006 days-12.8%Falls Church, VA$1,350,0005 days+133.3% If you were going to do it in the DC area and provide consistent cashflow, you would need to do it full time and have a nice marketing budget and get to networking with a lot of the players in this space.

If you let enough people in your circle know what you are doing and that there would be an opportunity to co-invest with you - there will be some who have an interest in real estate, don't trust the stock market and would like to make a little more than on a CD.

Start attending them and pay attention to who is shaking and moving and build relationships with key players. 

Over the past couple of years, I’ve worked part-time and managed to save around $30k in a CD, $3K in a Roth IRA, and about $2K in a money market.

In exchange, you're being offered the net cash flow and strong upside—assuming the operator executes well.What I Like:3x return on capital over 5 years and ~30% IRR is excellent on paper.You’re avoiding asset depreciation risk—since you’re leasing, not owning.You’re leveraging a high-demand location with upcoming events (think Super Bowl or F1-type spikes).I’ve seen a few deals like this in Austin and Miami, especially during peak STR booms where institutional players or operators didn’t want to own but needed the lease secured to scale operations.What I'd Be Cautious About:Operator risk is very real.

Super complicated and an absolute specialty I dont know how smaller players bust into this. 

I can tell you right now if you are getting a DSCR or institutional bridge loan the guidelines are being updated by all the major players.