Before I answer these questions, I would like to hear how everyone determines how much they can spend on a house, so that I can narrow down my universe.

I am performing market analysis on various markets that we are looking to expand in, and have narrowed it down to 3 markets.

If during the screening a applicant gives any push back or questions my lease I reject them based on attitude.Once I narrows it down to the best I have a second personal interview to insure I have made the right choice before accepting them as a tenant.I reject any applicant I believe will be a bad personality fit for my property regardless of how qualified they may be.

So my homework is more oriented around which areas I'd like to narrow down to, compare purchase prices and costs to rental income and figure out what works for us. 

So, now we had to narrow it down again.

My partner and I haven't fully narrowed down our criteria, but we are looking for something affordable that we could do a house hack with.

Thanks for the valuable feedback again @Chris Seveney, @Paul B. and @Jay Hinrichs.If I decide to do this with another partner (friend of mine) but no syndications is there a need to have the PPM and be compliant to SEC rules.?

‘Hidden factors’ that increase valueFrontal curb exposure - is your house narrow or broad in comparison to others?

(House-A)I want to buy another (House-B), and then sell House-A.My lender has pre-approved me or a mortgage for another house (House-B), without requiring me to sell my current house, (House-A)I want to do a BRRR and buy House-B with hard money , renovate and then utilize the mortgage to lower the interest rate and pull out most of the initial investment.If I borrow from the hard money lender, will that reduce my borrowing power for the new mortgage?

I have written a blog post that might help you narrow down your choices.