Make sure you have a decent CPA and use him/her to help you evaluate financials of apartment buildings etc. aside from just doing your taxes.

In your experience:What metrics did you utilize to evaluate a city?

@Jeremy Swanson I think you should definitely evaluate any potential upgrade to see how much you can raise rents and how long it would take to recoup your capital.

I’ve accessed the equity in my rentals via cash out refis and HELOCs and every lender I’ve used wanted to see income and still evaluated my DTI ratio to qualify the loan.

Key things to consider/evaluate in any geo area: job growth, population growth, major employers in the area (ensure these are permanent ones, f.e. hospital), town/city population size, supply vs demand for housing and what type of housing.

We have listened to pod-casts, read books and evaluated numerous properties in both Austin and San Antonio using the calculators and we finally feel comfortable enough to start buying properties, YES!

Hi,I am checking a property that probably needs a big rehab in Indianapolis.Before making a full inspection I need to find someone that can do a quick inspection and give me an estimation of what the rehab cost will b...

You may want to have someone else, here on the ground, evaluate things a bit and perhaps go in and take a look at the property to give you feedback. 

I'm curious if anyone has seen a significant increase in property taxes either way, how their lender evaluated the potential increase, and if their lender was on board with an entity transfer. 

It seems to make more sense to evaluate a property based on Cap Rate and treat financing separately.