You’ve bought and paid off real assets, run a business with real P&Ls, and actually understand buildings beyond the surface stuff.

Rock or someplace with old hard surface even better.  30 and 40 foot spots. 

The space needs more textiles with all the hard shiney wood surfaces. 

You think you are done, then another comment comes in.Title items can surface that have to be cleared before anyone wires money.

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?

Give the tenant written notice and an opportunity to cure if you want to be conservative.For LVP:Light surface scratching is wear.Gouges, deep scratches, swelling from moisture, or plank damage is damage.For walls:Minor nail holes and light scuffs are wear.Large holes, heavy marking, or patchwork is damage.Make deductions based on actual invoices, not estimates.

An agent identifies a property and underwrites it based on surface-level rent comps and optimistic repair assumptions.

just be cautious when it comes to using these. ensure you've got a plan to pay that balance back in a relatively quick fashion as most HELOC rates can fluctuate which could make the numbers suddenly not work. i've leveraged mine in instances where i'm doing a BRRR and i want the deposit for a private money loan. i'm not using it as my downpayment and leaving it out there for a long period of time. 

You think you are done, then another comment comes in.Title items can surface that have to be cleared before anyone wires money.

I’ve also seen cases where the real reason only surfaces after a few conversations.Sounds like the sweet spot is qualifying as best as possible upfront, then letting disciplined follow-up uncover what wasn’t said initially.