It's a bit burdensome and can make many sellers of such properties nervous since they often don't want to tell their tenants they're selling in case the deal falls through. 

Probably a quarter of the buyers we work with are house hackers.

Live in the primary.

However, have you ever gone downtown to the steps near the capital and witnessed a Trustee sale? 

The majority of the messages are requests for early/late checkout, recommendations, and misc items.  

Lower Start-Up CostsTraditional real estate investing requires 20%-25% down, making it difficult for many to scale quickly.

She's done a lot of write-ups on the BP blog on the subject.Hope that helps!

There is around 500k equity in the property. 150k-200k would get the property fully rented at top dollar with desirable tenants. 100k would get it to where I can rent all the units back out at fair reasonable market rents.

Like any tool, you have to know how to use it correctly or you could get, "injured".We use it to quickly sift through multiple options - and that's about it.BP has a Rental Calculator that includeds everything you are asking about: mortgage P&I, property taqxes, home insurance and percentage for maintenance & vacancy.It also includes Cap-Ex percentage, but in our experience it's a waste of time to worry about this.

The property consists of 202 units.