They completed their entire 1 year lease term and left peacefully.

There’s your strategy, find a distressed, buy & hold 1-4Fam that needs a little work so you can add some equity and cushion for peace of mind.

But in this same environment, will our policy really earn 7%? 

Any recommendations for searching/finding opportunities given the current environment?

@Adithya Y.I recommend before venturing into this to team with a local developer as development is no easy task especially in today’s environment, also if you are looking for financing it will be difficult and you will have to spend considerable money up front prior to financing.Also if you want that many units and 8-10 parking spaces 4,000sf lot seems very small.Lastly chances of getting a lot rezoned for your specific use are slim to none in a major metropolitan area

Also, I want to be a role model to kids in disadvantaged environments.

If you value things like charity, teamwork, peace, and service, for example, and you are beating yourself up over either society’s, or your peers’ vision of what goals you SHOULD be accomplishing, then you aren’t operating in alignment with your values.

In a more low key environment, you can pick up on the habits of other bidders and learn from them. 

i'd bring out an engineer and have them assess this for you. well worth the couple hundred bucks for a peace of mind.

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