from your experience do you know if appraisers would choose closer comps but adjust a different search criteria such as a lower br/ba criteria and adjust the arv by 5-10k on a lower lower room or bathroom count or would they prefer a property further out just to match that criteria. this is probably a case by case basis.

Find a military friendly realtor for lower commission fees if possible.  4.  

Unfortunately many of the improvement costs do not deviate greatly when you’re renovating a lower cost property  in a particular market compared to a more expensive property  in the very same market which makes it difficult to absorb the improvement costs in some areas.

I would assume the reviews they have with them are on the lower side, and bigger PM companies are known to struggle with attention to detail on properties.

I would set up a family trust, if you have a ton of equity maybe you refi the properties into an LLC but if you are locked in with lower rates then I wouldn't touch the ownership piece yet. 

Well owners who already had section 8 tenants in place didn't want to spend $5, $10, $15k or more upgraded a unit that has a tenant in place just to maintain the rents they had (or have a slight increase) so a lot of section 8 approved properties stopped taking section 8.Right after COVID though, it seems that section 8 has lowered their standards a bit.

I found this deal on Zillow I didn't even try to negotiate the deal to bring the price lower.

And i think there is an irrational thought process that rental property is easy and there are going to be years of no issues this simply is not the case and especially in lower value markets that are renter dominated this is well documented on BP..

I chose Chase because they had a lower rate than the local lender I talked to in Alaska but now I can see that was a big mistake.

They might be able to tell you why and help you move it up the search results for a while to help.I agree that lowering the pricing could be a mistake.