Thanks for the link @Chris T. the 3 times income to rent rate and clean credit score may help... i think more so in the more expensive markets, but in lower income housing... i think you'll be hard pressed to find an applicant with clean credit or income that can back your justification on denying the ex-con..?  

You'd be hard pressed to get $850, as decent 3/2 SFRs here will start in the $850-900 range, (which can be found for $75k-$80k). 

My most pressing issue is a property I just bought for 256k that I need 50k in order to fix up so I can turn it into my first STR. 

You may get lucky and find a lender that will do that but would be hard pressed to find someone that offers 100% financing.

RE Shares took a small corner working on Picnic bench's LOL.. with their computers etc out in the open..

Click Save and Close Go to your Customer center and choose your tenant (Name) do a Ctrl + I  (for Invoice) and this window should appear.Click on the Expenses TabTo put a check mark next to the bill you want to send your tenant press the space bar on your keyboard and click on save and close.And now the bill appears for your tenant. 

. - Driven by Insights by Walker and Dunlop (a big CRE finance operation) All of these are good, but if I am pressed or time and have to pick, I usually go with On the Market then George Gammon. 

For example LA is having a "come-to-Jesus" moment over the homeless issue, and parts of Chicago with the rampant crime, and on other side of that coin there is parts in TX and FL that have a unique force factor in play pressing greater than average appreciation. 

It's not granite countertop, it's pressed wood. 

With $100K you would be hard-pressed to purchase a dilapidated property and cover the renovation costs.