This involves assessing the investor’s financial situation, investment strategy, and the specific projects they wish to undertake.

This market is not always available in the MLS, so making it more difficult.A commercial lending is possible even with SFH, that will depend on your lender and the access to commercial programs, it will all depend on the situation.  

After reading Brian Burke's post about his apartment syndication deal that went terribly wrong, I understand even very successful people can face some pretty challenging situation.

Hi @Amy AtkinsonYou are in the exact same situation that my wife and I were in September 2023!

My most recent look indicated that the DSCR rate was actually lower than the one at my bank but would have required a 35% down payment in my particular situation.

I currently a flipper in my backyard in CA and am in a similar situation where I'm looking to flip out of the state.

Given your situation (demanding job, young family, special needs child), I would suggest doing the SFH route for your first investment, especially if it's OOS.

There will be lots of learning as you go so be prepared to bumps in the road and learn from every experience/situation 

My tenant ultimately rehomed their cats (which had been indoor/outdoor despite my policy that all cats are strictly indoor) because they found them to be too much responsibility for their current situation which made me sad.

This is the perfect situation for this.A third question would be, "is this his only property, and if not, are the other properties also paid off?".