Without a compelling reason to buy, I would be concerned that rising interest rates would curb any anticipated appreciation.https://www.google.com/search?

Lastly, what should we anticipate as rental rates in the Woodland Hills area, or where do we get that info?

Anticipating lots of expenditures do to the ages of the homes in the area.As far as the leveraging, the plan is to use the equity in the homes to leverage deals after the exchange.  

Hello, what started out as initially looking into self storage facilities moved faster than anticipated and I now have a 100 unit facility with some flex space under contract.  

The inspection brought to light many more expenses than we had anticipated: chimney collecting water and needs replaced, roof needs replaced, even decking is wet and needs replaced, insulation is wet and needs replaced, and drywall will need replaced.

I have identified a $60k property with an anticipated rent of $800pm that I am looking to purchase. 

The problem that I am running into is that with $20k down in my market (SLC, Utah) my available properties are slim and I often find that after analyzing properties that I will not be in positive cash flow as owner occupied or even with the anticipated cash flow after moving out with each unit fully rented with anticipated rent raises.

The anticipated appreciation is the main driver in a rental-purchase-hold there. 

I would imagine a CO may be required if there is bank financing (and it is not a renovation loan that anticipates an initial vacancy).  

I'm writing a notice of the increase.Should I just create a notice without citing the reason, or list the reason as something like "anticipated wear & tear, etc.?