Additionally, some states hold Escrow and Title services differently. 

Everyone in here seems to keep asking for someone that has done it, here is a video of someone that did get the check!

The particulars of a project, whether fix & flip (cash now), fix & hold (cash flow), rehab & reboot (cash out), is only one of many ways lenders decide whether to invest or not.

In your opinion, is a DSCR loan one of the best options if you are wanting to predominantly buy and hold in your acquisition Stategy?

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

If you are looking to just calculate profitability, set how much profit you want to make then:ARV - Purchase Costs - Holding Costs - Selling Costs - Desired Profit - Rehab Budget (including contingency) = Maximum Allowable OfferIF you cannot calculate those numbers, a spreadsheet isn't going to help you. 

I work with mainly buy and hold investors here in Cincinnati.

Long term buy and hold RE in good locations is probably one of the lowest risk investment vehicles IMO, similar to blue chip aristocrat stocks except even less risky because even long-established companies can go out of business but real estate very, very rarely ever goes to zero. 

Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment.

As a Ny'er We chose to invest completely OOS as Ny landlord tenant laws are not the best if you are considering holding long term.