Thank you for sharing i'm new to bigger pockets family but have been watching on you tube for a while now.

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

The logic here is that it’s far more difficult (and costlier) to evict a nonperforming tenant than it is to screen for a good one.Like @Greg Scott said, see if lowering your asking rent increases the number of applications you receive.

Sales agents typically don't have a lot of experience screening applications.

we do a brief pre-application online before offering to physically show any apartments. 

However, this is not applicable to standard M1-2 zones.Zoning Map Amendments: If the property is not in an MX district, pursuing a zoning map amendment to rezone the area to a district that permits residential use is an option.

Go into the new member introductions forum and watch for the same few people who say the same basic message every time someone new comes on the site.

I just watched their video.

I've bounced around social media watching many videos, but decided to follow along the BP forums.