As others mentioned, it is typically the best way to scale and can ease operations.Specific to loans, commercial loans from local lenders tend to not fully amortize and are higher interest than primary residence loans.

That was very helpful and put me a little at ease.

Any specific step-by-step suggestions to make sure I do it right and with ease? 

Hopefully they ease restrictions, but unfortunately I don’t see it happening anytime soon. 

(Renaming the PDF to Scan1234 seemed to ease most fears.)Lender required answers to odd questions like why so cheap, what do you know about the seller and added an addendum to fix the back steps.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

If this was a multi-unit, then your other tenants could ease that burden substantially.I'm selling all of my single family homes

For ease of calculating this, let's say that each of your houses appraises at 150k on average, for a total NW of 1.8M.

You have valid concerns, but I think having someone locally in that market is the best way to ease those fears.

Location and ease of management.

That, along with the ease and speed of closing, can make them an attractive product.