When there is a loud enough outcry, legislators will pass laws to regulate REI and LL/T industry.Given the number of posts on this forum stating fact patterns that turn the stomach, I am completely not surprised by the statutes on the books and proposed in most states. 

Then, when rates come back down in 1-2 years, you could refinance and improve your rate and payment a bit, maybe even get enough money out of the refi to pay off your roof debt.If this house is not in an appreciating area, or if the inspections reveal more necessary repairs than you can stomach, then maybe it's time to sell.

You need to be able to stomach a drop in housing prices up to your gross margin.In Austin you can do better than 20%, but not always.

The problem I'm having is finding investor to stomach the "risk".

While it's RE education on 3x speed, you'll have to see if you have the stomach to go through tough times and not give up.In either decision you make, for lower income properties don't get sucked into "paper" returns.

I'd strongly recommend to DSCR borrower's to not take max LTV if they don't have to, and stomach the 5% reduction in leverage in exchange for significant rate reductions (50-125 bps+!)  

It would have been biting off more than I could chew, and I wasn't prepared to stomach the holding costs for an unforeseeable amount of time.

The big question, in my mind, is do you have the stomach to ride out major dips, downtrends, and volatility in the market like we saw earlier this year?

I minor increase each year is a lot easier to stomach than a 20% increase though it does depend on your circumstances.

If you can stomach those calls, best of luck to you.