If you don't have that, keep earning, saving, and managing the risk you take by investing in REITs (which is small but risk still exists).If you already have at least $100k to invest, and you're wondering where to start as an OOS investor, I recommend this dataset that we at BiggerPockets put together specifically for people like you and me.https://www.biggerpockets.com/resources/housing-market-data/...It contains information like job growth, population growth, and rent-price ratio for all markets to compare and contrast.

New construction has a very different risk profile from buying existing properties and fixing them up. 

For existing companies, individuals who own at least 25% of the entity or exercise substantial control over it must submit BOIR to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) by December 31, 2024.

@Renee LeFevreTo rent out your basement, follow these steps: check local regulations, prepare the basement with separate entrance, screen potential tenants, draft a lease agreement, set the right rent price, consider tax implications, update homeowner's insurance, and build a positive tenant relationship to attract quality renters.Good Luck!

Worst case is I can still rent them as furnished room rentals, or rent the whole house as a furnished rental Check your regulations before you give up.

Act 52 Imposes New Regulations on Real Estate Wholesaling in Pennsylvania - Barley SnyderWhat you need to know about Act 52: Wholesaling!

I always hear that due to liability and taxes etc, investment properties should go into an LLC.What is the best way to turn my existing home into a rental?

Ronald Rohde   It does exist. 

There should be other options, however with an LLC and fourplex - yes, DSCR is by far most likely to be your best option unless you do the heavy lifting with local banks and credit unions (and these are increasingly not great options for this type of stuff as they move painfully slow and are under lots of regulations and restrictions)2) I haven't yet reached out local banks, but seeing the quotes from brokers makes me wondering if Banks may be better? 

I know very little about legal precedent but I'd expect the major meter manufactures (selling into the utility space) to be well incentived to challenge these items best they can, and they have money.Here are the issues, and the reasons that the difference between an air forced system and a boiler/hydronic system are not meaningful for this discussion (ie efficacy issues of sub metering exist for either when method of measurement is measuring heat at point of delivery):In either case, the blower (or pump for a boiler) is the method of 'moving' either air (central air) or water/glycol or equivalent (boiler etc).