Quote from @Sofiya Cherni: Hi,I noticed last year in Montgomery County Landlord-Tenant Handbook that landlords may no longer charge non-refundable pet fees.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Out of the four properties , there is one solid tenant, the other is struggling and the last two  properties are not renting.

My uncle has done 84 percent for the last 14 consecutive years (these numbers can be proven  and have been well documented) .

.: So I have been thinking the last number days about a particular scenario. 

I have been able to review or been told of several audits (from other REI tax colleagues) related to cost segs in the last year or so- and of those none of DIY cost segs were allowed under audit. 

I have been working with investors in my area and partnering on deals for the last 4ish years.

It's been a few years since I last updated the list of providers (there are older threads on this topic here on BP), but at last blush there were five trust companies offering the ability to write and service mortgages from registered accounts:B2B BankCanada Western TrustOlympia TrustEastern TrustCommunity Trust CompanyOf these, Canada Western and Olympia has the best offerings at the time.  

I lived in Houston for a dozen years (moved last summer) and really wanted to make an STR work, but I just couldn't get there.