I will shop around for homes based on these inputs.

there is a ton of free content available for this space and investors LOVE to talk shop.

What the local shop has, is what you get, unless you want to travel farther to see what else others have.

I love it here because there are still positive cashflowing deals and lots of appreciation potential due to the strong job market, growing population, and major companies setting up shop here like Intel, Meta, Amazon, etc.

It's like opening a coffee shop and only targeting 30-40 year old males working in HR =) That is, unless you're opening that coffee shop next to a giant HR company where most employees are 30-40 year old males.

We as tenants had to acquire a shop vac and clean it ourselves, including dragging rugs full of filth and animal hair to the dumpsters.

There’s definitely a strategy to applying for business credit to avoid alerting other lenders that you’re shopping for credit.

Many mortgage shops do NOT allow their loan officers to also be RE agents on the same transaction to much of a conflict of interest. 

This property’s location in South End is a major win—walkability to shops, restaurants, and the light rail makes it very desirable.

NonQM "shops" offer a variety of loan types, DSCR being one but they are the lower rates and fees.