Nutley you will get great appreciation, but rental rates don't scale at the same level as value.I would avoid Essex because of the high taxes and really, Essex is out of most people's price ranges unless you try to sneak near the train in Orange.

Are you purchasing them at full retail value after they're done or are you the one purchase the shell doing the renovation but they're just doing the leg work ? 

If you can’t get enough juice squeezing lemons switch to oranges.  

The company we use takes a 40% cut of the collection but they do all the leg work so it's worth it.

Id rather see Dutch in orange jumpsuit

They closed with them and never cut me a check, despite me doing all the leg work upfront. 

To that extent they don't even have a liar's leg to stand on claiming any equity created.What they are saying is pay me twice, pay me for cutting wood, hammering, overseeing the labor and management, and then pay me again for the effects of the work I did.

Attorney's Office, Central District of CaliforniaFormer CEO of Orange County-Based Private Equity Fund Charged with Conning Investors Out of $62.5 Million via Bogus Promissory NotesSANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man who was the founder and CEO of a private equity fund has been charged with defrauding hundreds of investors out of approximately $62.5 million via a promissory note scam involving real estate, Broadway shows, and cryptocurrency, the Justice Department announced today.Marco Giovanni Santarelli, 56, of Laguna Niguel, is charged with one count of wire fraud.

Sometimes you just gotta get out there and do the leg work.

You definitely have a leg up on alot of people at the moment so kudos to you and your wife.