What surprised me wasn’t the rankings themselves, but how often the exercise surfaced where my gut feeling disagreed with the data — and forced me to explain why.At least for me, that’s been more valuable than chasing a single “top market” list.I’m curious how others here think about this:Do you start with a preferred strategy and narrow markets from there?

As a result assets tied to that situation were seized or forfeited, and I’ve been rebuilding from scratch while raising my kids on my own.I’m not sharing this for sympathy just to explain why my situation isn’t straightforward and to gain insight from those who have navigated a complex situation like mine and still been successful in REI. 

Not looking for shiny objects, interested in compounding moves (skills, systems, relationships).

We are concerned they might feel confused if we try to explain that we are selling the note.

Hope that helps explain the policy a bit more :) I need to stress again that I was not in the right frame of mind when I made this post.

I do have clear objectives around building durable, well-underwritten investments, but I'm intending to get the framework and decision criteria right before setting specific unit count targets or timelines. 

I would contact them ahead of time and explain the situation so that they aren't scared by the change.

Resist the urge to chase every shiny new object presented your way to help generate leads.

Their team also did not explain processes, waits too long to review and communicate items back to their customers.

And it's almost always avoidable if you understand how real estate taxes actually work before you start investing.The Tax Break Nobody Explains ProperlyWhen you own investment real estate, the IRS lets you deduct depreciation every year.