- 10% of rents might come down to 8-9% (6% is ridiculous for all but 20+ unit apartments - unless otherwise offset)- Placement Fee seems reasonable as guessing most students have extra layer of hassle/time with co-signing parents.- Renewal cost you may be able to shave 5-10% off without destroying the incentive.- Maintenance markup of 15% for $3-4k work could get negotiated down to 10%.4) Hybrid: from my exprience:- 80% of Day-to-Day Management is time consuming, but not hard. - The 20% of serious concerns, often legal, who will handle them so they don't get worse?

Buy-and-hold investors: have you seen better outcomes with seller carrybacks or traditional mortgages? Curious about real-world examples.

There are many good Contractors who still have a project go south....The reasons, in my experience, are usually one of these 3: 1) Changing the Scope Of Work, this will kill a project (and a relationship) quicker than anything 2) Micro-managing the project...y'know, hanging out on the jobsite all day long, then spending half the night there having a glass of wine with their friends and changing things, 3) Not keeping up with payments....an honest Contractor deserves to be paid promptly.Just my $.02...

Buy-and-hold investors: have you seen better outcomes with seller carrybacks or traditional mortgages? Curious about real-world examples.

When the Federal Reserve decides to change their Fed Funds Rate, it might influence but it does not have a direct impact on Long-Term Mortgage Rates.

So the FB leads typically are cheaper and lower quality and you need to nurture them long term. give them free lead magnets and a have a good followup system in place. create some Youtube content to email to them too, that will help you stand out from the crowd. 

I think that’s key to being a landlord long term.

Hi all,I invest in, and manage, single family long term rentals.  

That’s no small feat given the layers of approvals and costs that come with those projects. 

Hi there,I'm a rookie investor trying to understand the risk/reward characteristics of long term v short term rentals.I have a hypothesis that the latter would be better for cash flow, but am unsure about that idea in this particular market.Those who are well versed, can you share your insight?