I was talking to a RE friend.He said it's a bad time to buy* rates are high* homes are expensive in most marketsLooking to hear some counterpoints. 

I goal is to find a market that has good appreciation rate with good to decent cashflow but out of the two appreciation matters more to me.

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We own the mortgage company so the rate was below market as always.

There's tons of options and even free options for landlords. 95+% of ours pay online and we have 3 tenants that drop payments off at our office.

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Expect a higher rent rate, but also higher turnover and longer vacancies.I've rented to dozens of traveling nurses and would say about 50% of them were nuts.

One your loans will be a higher interest rate, next you will have annual filings, the cost of a registered agent every year, and items like that. 

However, before deciding on a DSCR loan, it’s important to analyze your existing first mortgages—including their rates and the current loan-to-value (LTV).

Probably need a full time manager, but not really big enough to do that unless the rates are super luxury I would think.