The mortgage has gotten out of hand due to property tax increases, miscalculated escrow, and an increase in my interest rate from an initial buy down, increasing from $2600/mo to $3200/mo.

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

Real estate's "gross rent multiplier" is Wall Street's "sales to revenue",  "cap rate" is roughly "P/E ratio".When evaluating markets and investments I tend to start with GRM (or lazily the 1% rule), then attempt to return a cap rate based on assumptions about costs, then I work my way to multiple years of projections (assumptions about inflation, amortization, tax benefits, etc), and if I am partnering with one of my smart friends I have to pull up an IRR (internal rate of return).I also look at regional employment levels, median income to rent ratio in the zip code etc. 

Basically all rentals, even ones owned under LLC, come up during loan DD as long as you file them under one tax return as personal, that was what happened to me earlier.  

Can you throw out names for Missouri resources they have worked with before on investor friendly realtors, tax experts, and investor friendly banks? 

Whether your statements are true or false, whether we have evidence to support or deny a claim, it will never be something blasted on the internet.

He probably could take you to small claims court and win.  

Tax autos out of existence. 

If you are not familiar with Scott, Scott was the Executive Director of the Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which was tasked in part to support and advance Opportunity Zone tax credits during the first Trump Administration.