Focus on rent to price ratio, tenant demand, and overall condition rather than chasing a specific label.

If you target Class C, you better be prepared emotionally & financially for plenty of challenges.You can find Class B properties in the Midwest to BRRRR, but it will take more digging and YOU will need to understand how to analyze & identify them - because a lot of agents, wholesalers, PMCs, etc. will try to sell you Class C or D misrepresented as Class B:Many of them don't know/care what Class the properties are, so they're incompetent.Others know exactly what they are doing, so should be labeled as crooks!

Quote from @Michael Smythe: Besides MANY self-labeled "gurus" exaggerating their success, many of them just supply readily available info.If you're too busy to find the info and are willing to pay for it, no problem as you accept their time vs money solution.REGARDING S8 GURU ISSUES SPECIFICALLYMost of them don't share all the facts about how Section 8 actually works.They claim you can get HIGHER rent from S8 tenants vs private-paying tenants.Why would the government allow our tax dollars to be spent this way?

If you target Class C, you better be prepared emotionally & financially for plenty of challenges.You can find Class B properties in the Midwest to BRRRR, but it will take more digging and YOU will need to understand how to analyze & identify them - because a lot of agents, wholesalers, PMCs, etc. will try to sell you Class C or D misrepresented as Class B:Many of them don't know/care what Class the properties are, so they're incompetent.Others know exactly what they are doing, so should be labeled as crooks!

They hacked SAFE Wallet.

Danielle,You’re asking the right questions — long-distance investing is very doable, but the team and the financing structure matter a lot.A few things I’ve seen work well for out-of-state investors:• Local boots on the ground are critical — a strong agent and property manager who know block-by-block differences matter more than the city label (especially in markets like Charlotte).• Conservative underwriting — plan for rehab overruns and slower timelines when you’re not local.• Clear exit strategy upfront — whether this is a flip or a long-term hold/refi, that decision should be made before you go under contract.From a lending perspective, having liquidity like you described ($200k for down payment, reserves, light rehab) puts you in a good position.

Some do what you politely labeled "stretching", and some go even farther into misleading.

If you target Class C, you better be prepared emotionally & financially for plenty of challenges.You can find Class B properties in the Midwest to BRRRR, but it will take more digging and YOU will need to understand how to analyze & identify them - because a lot of agents, wholesalers, PMCs, etc. will try to sell you Class C or D misrepresented as Class B:Many of them don't know/care what Class the properties are, so they're incompetent.Others know exactly what they are doing, so should be labeled as crooks!

If you target Class C, you better be prepared emotionally & financially for plenty of challenges.You can find Class B properties in the Midwest to BRRRR, but it will take more digging and YOU will need to understand how to analyze & identify them - because a lot of agents, wholesalers, PMCs, etc. will try to sell you Class C or D misrepresented as Class B:Many of them don't know/care what Class the properties are, so they're incompetent.Others know exactly what they are doing, so should be labeled as crooks!

The big takeaway is that the IRS is clearly buying time on SECURE 2.0 implementation, which helps reduce rollover friction but also puts more responsibility on investors to be intentional during the transition.On the alternative asset side, the opportunity isn’t about chasing complexity or “private equity” as a label.