A cash purchase is basically that, no one accepts suitcases full of cash anymore, but no one will check where it came from.Bank loans of course are MUCH more strict.

But I believe their standards for DTI would be too strict for my current situation. 

I'm strictly interested in buy/hold for the time being as I work fulltime. 

As of now, I've strictly been analyzing deals that my realtor sends me on the MLS.

If they abandon them inside the house, you can choose to put them out on the curb for them to pick up, since they won't have access to the interior any more, then dispose of the items from the curb 24 hours later (like an eviction) - but that's not strictly required.

@Maria Luna hello Maria, I have recently been strictly investing in buy and hold SFR in Detroit.

I had a bit of a mindset shift from the strictly business to the personal side after multiple conversations about how many wholesalers/investors are sending out their postcards etc to every single person in my market.

Are the investment homes valued strictly by income?

You don't state if you are looking for these to be strictly student rentals. 

Do you do Fannie/Freddie/Ginnie loans or strictly hard money?