So, if you're OK with that, then it sounds like a good deal.

As another poster mentioned rates are lower than they've been in the previous 18+ months but unless some very surprising economic data comes out between now and when you did your refi it seems unlikely that rates are going up in the short term and there is at least a decent chance that rates drop a little more before then. 

If your property is the only one without a driveway, then yes, it may lower your ARV.One of the properties I own has a neighboring property that is the only property in the area without a backyard and without a driveway, and it is fairly lower than all the neighboring properties, although it is nearly identical in structure.

We are going to focus on small multi-family first, and then  get into large multi-family.

@Matt Wan Many lenders require wet signatures on at least the Promissory Note but if yours does not, as a US citizen you could do the entire signing anywhere on the planet with a good internet connection + mic + camera via Remote Online Notarization (RON) for less than $200.If wet signatures are required, the answer then depends upon what foreign country you are in.

Then either keep it rented when they were deployed elsewhere.

Until the lease ends and then the legal notice time in your market has passed.

Now, if they asked whether the tenant had "pets", then that would be a different story, and only if the tenant's dog was actually an ESA.

If you can find a fixer at a good price, with room for an ADU, and the comps are good, then you have a deal.Are you planning on flipping or long-term holds?

Solve the contradictions and then get back to us.