Do I need to go through the court, or can I simply hire a locksmith to enter and begin cleaning out the property?

As more top REITS enter the space the investor will be able to build a diversified portfolio of REITS and not worry that any one REIT will turn into a dog.

Credit card transactions still have to be entered manually.We actually use QuickBooks Online (QBO) for our accounting since it gives us more flexibility and reporting options.I’d also love to see an in-app calling feature (right now it’s text only).More flexibility to create custom CRM statuses would be nice too.I haven’t tried many other platforms yet, but for now AppFolio covers most of what we need pretty well.

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I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

It’s pretty much a repeatable process each time I enter a new market: talk to locals, ask who they personally use, test with a small project, then gradually build out the full team.

That means you can learn the fundamentals, start small with a single rental or duplex and then evaluate syndications with real operational context.You’re entering from a strong position - take your time, stay conservative, and the compounding will do its work.Always happy to chat more about what's worked for other investors.

My point is that a lot of syndications have been going bust lately and everyone seems to be blaming floating debt combined with the "unexpected" rise in interest rates, but equal blame belongs to the shift towards less-experienced operators with flashy websites who are really just fly-by-night salespeople more focused on raising capital from anyone who can fog a glass rather than dealing with the boring day to day of managing assets, and also the uptick in inexperienced and under-capitalized investors entering the space when they probably shouldn't be.

FASFA pulls directly from the IRS now and you do not enter financial information. 

I believe for the patient mostly passive RE investor that leveraged RE can do well but1) residential RE is not passive, especially compared to index funds and etfs.2) because non commercial residential prices are near an all time high, interest rate is near high for this century, rents are all time worse compared to costs (per 2 recent studies) that you would be entering RE at a challenging time and a time were most RE will not produce the returns that were easy to achieve prior to 2022.3) RE provides diversification, but may not far exceed the returns from passive options.