This is the same sort of criteria a lender uses to qualify people for mortgages.

This also leads owners to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.

This home has been highly operational with high rates of occupancy, bringing in anywhere from $500-$1500 a month in overage beyond our monthly expenses.

Hi BiggerPocket community,This.is Michael, currently a partner of Coldwell Banker UAE.Just want to introduce myself to this community and proactively will be sharing more about investments in the real estate market here in Dubai.

I have some cash, but likely not enough to fund a purchase without bank financing, and especially not when factoring extensive rehab costs into the equation (may need to up my knowledge on creative financing to bridge this).

We have done this multiple times as long as both properties are rentals it shouldn't be no problem.   

See what others are renting for, the price yours accordingly.You can't do this once and know the market.

This is how you accomplish this: You can change the opt-out language in hopes that your sellers will not respond with words that do not trigger automatic opt-outs.

Neighborhood Scout is not going to cover any shortfall you have if it doesn't materialize.you could try finding a bank or broker that will do 80% out on a refi, although probably not possible to close by the end of this month. 

At this point I'm realizing can scale a lot faster with those partnerships, and beginning to try and understand the actual structure of the business behind these kinds of partnerships.