Rochester is great for investment and the prices are decent to get a duplex (4 bed, 2 bath min total).One concern though, when people who are not contractors say they are good at home improvements, they aren't usually as good as they think and their value isn't higher, it's actually lower because of unpermitted renovations or personal cosmetic choices.

There aren't nearly as many notes for sales in the states that are quick to foreclose.

We have had tenants for two years with no problems, so hopefully we aren’t doing anything wrong.

We recently found a licensed contractor reasonable enough that we now call him for things that aren't an emergency, initially saved us thousands off management's estimate for repairs due to a break-in during a turnover (apparently management calls an outside contractor to quote potential insurance claim repairs, and he was beyond ridiculously expensive).

And I maintain that IRS Publications are not an authority for anything and contain multiple errors.

There aren't 100% hard money financing options in multifamily like there are in fix n flip SFH's, is what I think you're asking.

What you always want, in any eviction before any district magisterial judge here in my area, is a clear open-and-shut case where you are obviously high on the Mountain of Right, while the tenant is deep in the Valley of Wrong.But I don't operate out of Dallas and I really can't tell you with any real authority what's best there.

Now today on the 20th at 130pm with a close tike of 3 pm, the underwriter decides that they don't like that because I'm so young and so fat have only been an authorized user on a credit card (having been renting and paying for utilities for a year though) and haven't been making the payments, that now I would need to have a cosigner (which doesn't really work since everyone I know have too many write offs) so now I'm in limbo while I wait to see if there's any other solutions.

However, the Houston Housing Authority recently lowered the payment standard significantly, by over $1,000 per month, which has made this strategy less viable.Now, I'm considering mid-term rentals (MTR) for better cash flow and less management compared to short-term rentals (STR).

Apartment brokers typically have to bring value in other ways such as bringing their client deals that aren't on the market.