The closest thing would be buying a stabilized property or buying a brand new apartment building with great management.To address your question, if done properly, value-add usually will produce a better return, but also offers up more risk.

A degree isn’t necessary for building a business in real estate....neither is one for being s realtor......the closest functional degree is economics but even that is fluff(minored in economics) most of what is in these college degree programs is all theory. 

Or your purchase is the closest comp and true value won't be reflected.  

Due to this, I’m not spending any REAL time analyzing if they can cash flow or not, it’s just they’re what would be closest to what I can afford.

Disagee with me all you want, many of my closest friends do (some of which are the other talking heads you also refer to on here) just do so cordially. 

Hi Everyone,I'm looking to invest south of the border and the two biggest markets that are closest to me are Syracuse and Albany.

@Raymond Hunce you may wish to consider Damascus Community bank the closest branch to Harford & Baltimore counties is in Carrol County Md. 201 East Ridgeville Blvd. 

I use Home Depot as they are closest to me and I found the following link to be extremely helpful in determining the "bang for the buck" in the different types of paint.

My closest property is 5,824 km from my house, and I've never owned property in the same market I live in. 

Make list of the ones closest to you then start dialing :-).