How many units are you looking to obtain? 

@Kyle McVay I self-managed my first 5 units and then transferred all new units to a PM.

The most concerning is that they allowed unsupervised showings on a vacant unit- something we were not aware of until serious theft had occurred.

So house for house, apartment building for apartment building.Have your parents considered renting the house they are living in for two years and moving back into the rental unit for 25 months.

Keep in mind that DSCR loans are how most investors have scaled. whether its residential DSCR or commercial DSCR at 5+ units. personally, i like them better. few reasons why:1. seasoning period is only like 10-30 days vs 60days going conventional2. seller max contributions DSCR is 3-6% where conventional its only 2% max3.

We have a pretty good Tenant who is moving from one apartment unit to another.

I put the cash from the refi back into more mutlifamily units that produce more rental income. 

We have a lot of more urban units in Tampa that attract mostly Airbnb (maybe 85-90%) and they book close in, often same day. 

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

There was quite a bit of unused land and the zoning gave me some flexibility if I wanted to expand various aspects of the property.Also the self storage units were all below market rent and the seller was willing to finance at a decent rate with a 5 year balloon.