Get familiar with price points in your market and what looks like a good deal. 

If market appreciates you can get a HELOC on it or cash out refi in a few years to scale faster.

Leverage your W-2 income for better loan terms, explore private/hard money for off-market deals, and network with investors to expand your deal flow.Good luck!

Access to Cash Value: A properly structured permanent life insurance policy (like an IUL or whole life) can build cash value that you can borrow against for property acquisitions, renovations, or even as a safety net during market downturns. 2.

But there are certainly some tenants in all markets that prefer smaller properties to big, or bigger properties to small.  

Lenders do not look at your personal income or debt and will use the current market rent or lease (up to 120% if the lease is significantly higher than market rent or vice versa) as qualifying income.

Youve asked is there a resource for finding market rents?

Try networking locally with HML's who know the market. 

I've finally made the decision to get into the market to Build to Rent.

I see off market properties weekly, talk to investors both new and seasoned daily and I am actively buying myself.