Change your buy box to follow this plan  Or size up or value up with less locations or units.4.  

So if you are still uncertain, could just make a lease with employer and give that employer rights to sublet to the person, thus your lease is with employer and there on hook to you, and they can deal with the person and all that liability. 

One issue is the challenge of qualifying, as conventional loans will have DTI requirements, income requirements, loan size limits, and loan amount limits that investors looking to scale a portfolio run into as soon as the financial freedom snowball starts rolling.

Unsecured lines of credit are usually smaller but can be large considering the size of your business.

I am a Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker in Colorado who has been reading everything I can get my hands on as well as running through scenarios with my employing broker.

Really depends on your loan size, current interest rate, credit score, and value of your home. 

Columbus is also home to OSU, which constantly develops real estate, employs lots of jobs, and attracts students from the US and internationally to attend. 

You need to pull comps for what homes in a similar area, similar condition and similar size are renting for, that is what market rent should be.

An LLC and IRS Employer Identification Number can be used to open a business bank account. 

Stay away from Chicago unless you are required by your employer to live in Chicago.