Decide by exit: flips or heavy rehabs favor speed plus certainty; long holds or creative terms favor true private capital.

It’s a strong market for building experience and momentum.Charlotte is a healthy, growing market with better appreciation potential, but the higher entry cost and competition can slow your first few deals.

Don't expect it to ever be a hands off machine before many years of hard work and even then if you want to keep higher margins, a lot of the heavy lifting will have to be done by you. 

I think what’s important is to look at your competition and compare how there amenities compares to yours.

Inventory is higher than in previous years, giving buyers more choices and reducing competition.

There is so much competition here and prices are crazy. 

Our area is heavy agriculture related.  

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One that requires legal turf protection to stifle competition.  

If you take it to the extreme I’d like to see an interest only loan option that had a competitive interest rate, I mean I do like principle pay down, but I like cash flow better, and in the end equity gain is where the really money is, so any tool that would allow me to use more leverage and reduce risk by increasing liquidity is better for me.