Factors and weights in your decision matrices

[Joel Perlinger]

Background: I'm new to this forum and I am qualified for the full $424,100 0% down running at 3.7ish% on a VA loan. I'm moving to charleston in October as a military member and I'm looking to buy multiplex 2 to 4 units while renting one and living in another. Also, I'm a bit of a nerd which is where my question comes in. Question: so my question is I'm creating a decision matrix to determine which property I want to buy and then rent out long term. I want to know what sort of things are factors in your decisions and what each weight you would factor in for each; with 1 being the lowest weight 10 being the highest. An example might be, a low weight for near a good school and a high weight towards low maintenance. And then list as many factors that are important to you. With a layout for replies (if you want) being Within quality school district - 2 Low maintenance - 8 And then any other advice would be great! Thanks, and I'm excited to be a part of the community!