Pay attention to the loan-to-value ratio; a lower ratio can reduce risk by indicating more borrower equity in the property.Building relationships with lenders is essential.

Its a cliche, but it really holds true in Commercial...relationships are king. 

There's no correct answer as lender's/investors change their guidelines/price so much that one month one lender can be the best at DSCR in price and guidelines, then the next month have changed guidelines and worst price.In the non-qm world I think relationship building is important.

Believe it our not, we still have a lot of success with Craig's list, though not sure if it'll work with newer build assets.I would try to build relationships with businesses that your residents use, such as pet stores, restaurants, dry cleaners, etc.

Pay less point because of a good good relationship with hard money lender

But I'd rather have a good relationship with the city so that things get done when I call rather than lost in some pile on some one's desk. 

I have some fabulous broker relationships that serve the Mill Creek market if that's a need also.

I think part of it is that we build a relationship of trust with our cleaners and make them feel like we are partners (which we are).We pay our inspectors an hourly rate.

Don't try to push your business as a realtor or Asa's as a landscaper because those are things you can use in barter once you build strong relationships.Books + podcasts + meetups and relationships will yield big results in 6 months.

It's ugly and it was all a very expensive lesson on how to vet GCs and how to develop relationships with the correct ones.