Home prices are one, cost of living and relatively disaster-free weather keeps insurance costs down.You can look up the median home price for every city or metro area.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

His course will cost you 5k plus the downpayment of say $2500 on a property that likely needs work before it's ready for inspection. 

I've done a rent credit for the price it would have cost to me to have the property cleaned in a past rental due to immediate turn around.

Purchasing a “distressed” property and “repositioning” it requires significant capital for improvements, build outs, holding costs, maintenance.In looking for that “needle in a haystack” slam dunk great deal you’re competing with very knowledgable, greatly experienced investors with the cash to make no contingency offers and close in a few days.  

It has good integration, is cost effective, and the direct booking feature is pretty good!

I wasn’t prepared to lose so much of my savings as carrying cost basically I paid for the tenants to live there for 3 months + my own living expenses in that time.

If you're refinancing six properties, bundling them into a portfolio loan might help you consolidate debt, reduce rates, and avoid individual property issues like this.Negotiate Closing Costs or LTV with Kiavi.

I think there is a common misunderstanding that licensed contractors cost more.

Don't look for lowest rate, look for lowest cost on fees as you will either refinance out of that loan or sell- the prepay will hit you on the back of the head like a cinderblock wall.