Your point about understanding tenant expectations and leaning on local experienced professionals helps me align my focus!

Look at the major components: roofs, siding, kitchens, baths, furnaces and ac units.

If you’re actively buying in Houston or surrounding areas, I’d love to learn your buy box so I can stay aligned with what serious investors are actually acquiring.I also currently have a couple of properties under contract and would appreciate any insight on breaking out of the Facebook dispo cycle (beyond LLC searching, which can feel a little daunting and impersonal).

Better alignment between expectations and reality.The goal isn’t to eliminate risk.

Our Goal here is to align the right folks to build something beautiful that last's long past us but serves everyone - not exploits them. o Be present in presence - even when it feels challenging.o Building the community up through shared access, love, leadership, stewardship. 

We walk the property, create a detailed line-item scope (labor and materials), and manage execution to get the home rent-ready efficiently and aligned with your return goals.We currently focus on the Katy, Richmond, and Cypress areas.If you ever need support on a newly purchased rental or an upcoming turnover, feel free to reach out.

Separate execution risk from valuation riskWhen ARV is reasonable, the real risk becomes:Permitting delaysContractor performanceTimeline managementThat’s where having scope, GC alignment, and buffers matters most.4.

An engineer sent by a cost segregation firm can find a lot MORE components to bonus-depreciate than you can estimate yourself.

Using Zillow to market listings and hiring a property manager to market and manage property are two very different thingsThis is a solid breakdown, and I agree with you on the suburban vs. urban distinction.What I’ve seen aligns closely with that lower turnover class A/B suburban assets tend to lend themselves better to self management, especially when the owner is local and systems are tight.

This deal highlighted the value of speed, preparation, and strong execution when opportunities align in active markets.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?