Since tenants are not all the same schedule, there are no bottlenecks for kitchen or bathrooms use.Lower level: Large unit for the onsite-manager with private kitchen and bath (has windows in every room but is partly below grade), plus the common area laundry room, and managers’ tool room / storage room.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I agree Napa Sonoma  are on a completely different level than Willamette valley. 

Do you prefer to have an open "application period" to collect applications and then make a decision based on the "most qualified" or do you take the first qualified, even if on a personal level they put off some red flags.

That income level tells me there is no room to move rents.  

You might get lucky and find something that you with your experience level being low can make workout financially. 

Gather data on comparable properties, their rental rates, and occupancy levels to present to lenders.

.- 74% of residents were born in Alabama, 37% of which are all at a higher level of education, with an associates degree or higher.

Which the house was condemned and was easy to demo to ground level and build back which would have know mortgage and allow us to save for two more properties cash.

Here are a few strategies that might help you:* Traditional Financing* Hard Money Loans / Private Money* PartnershipsUltimately, the right choice will depend on your comfort level and financial situation.

Everyone has different comfort levels of what and where they buy, so you just have to decide what's best for you.Typically I say go north....north of McKinney, or draw a circle around DFW and invest on the outskirts of that circle.