You are off to a great start so far @Jed Butikofer.Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

What matters more is whether the borrower in question has the (i) time, (ii) contacts, (iii) experience, and (iv) ability to effectively communicate & package their loan request to banks & credit unions in a way that is compelling to those lenders. 

What are some tips to estimate what these expenses will be 6M, 1yr, 3yrs post purchase?

You're the fish.They often use a mix of fear, threat and urgency to push a target to act.It can be as simple as a 24 hours sale from your favorite shop that requires you to log in to your account first or your boss asking you to wire money right now or he/she/they will lose an important contract that will cost millions.So cybersecurity is important because without that, you might have an incident that can cost a lot of money, impact your reputation and might affect your credit score.

If you have good credit they don't ask for a deposit so it very easy.

Hi @Rene Hosman -In a nutshell, I find motivated sellers and tenants with damaged credit (or ones without a large enough down payment) and work to put the tenants in the seller's house with an option to buy.

Let’s share insights and tips to help each other out!

Any tips or tricks?

Could you share some tips on how to find the builders or is there any platform that I can use to reach out to multiple builders to get quote once the architectural drawings are finalized?