I am self-employed, so I was hoping to get a No Income Verification style loan (at least that's what it was called last time), where they look at your bank statements to make sure you have enough coming in to cover the mortgage, taxes, insurance, etc..Basic stat's are as follows:-Income roughly $5,300/mth in deposits (minimum)-No car loans-Current townhouse has been paid off for a few years-Have a couple commercial properties (one in my personal name ($300k ARV) - just purchased in June 2018, the other one ($300k ARV) owned in a corporate name for 3 years).

@Richard FieldsDo you recall the brand and style you installed, and from which store?

In this case, a buyer looking for a home of a certain type, style, remodeled state, location, etc...- With your Youtube/Vimeo title use the property type and address in the title (i.e.

Its a strong and fairly safe market. if you take your time and get to know the area and focus your energy on one style of investment you can find a few good deals.

I get that these places have an old school style, but can't you recreate that with modern clean looking materials. 

I have had good results but I should point out I don't have apartment style condos, I have one townhouse and one townhouse style condo (both are in 4plex style individual buildings), which may not be quite as restrictive as attached condos.  

I have a house that I was going to have the walls redone a few years back before a new tenant came in - the walls were heavy textured in kind of a Spanish stucco style, which is not common where I am nor really desirable.

With short-term rentals, you are responsible for those things but also things like pool care, lawn care, pest control, electrical, cable, furniture maintenance, dishes/towels/utensils/etc, cleanings, (you see where i'm going with this), essentially you are operating a hotel. 

I'm renovating a 2/1 duplex; unit 1 became vacant a few months ago so I did a full renovation on that unit, went with tile flooring and granite counters. It came out nice and gets top of market rent for the size and n...

Is there a source for the following data;  I am looking for the "norm" for the expense ratio (based on either GPR or Gross Income) for individually metered garden style apartments in the south east and the mid Atlantic (Region IV) : Marketing Insurance Janitorial Service Lawn/Snow Licenses Miscellaneous Professional Fees Accounting Legal Property Management Fees Repairs and Maintenance Resident Superintendent Salaries and Wages Supplies Taxes Real Estate Personal Property Payroll Other Trash Removal Utilities Electricity Fuel Oil Gas Sewer and Water Telephone Other (whatever I missed)