Do you think the larger homes offer a higher return?  

For example, propose a smaller initial down payment and larger monthly payments, which could free up some capital for the rehab budget.Partner-Investor:While not your preference, finding a partner-investor could be a viable option.

We've been through 6 including the larger names and most of them suck royally.  

These markets are very large in NC (comparable and larger than Fayetteville) providing for great economics as well as a more diverse employment base.Doing a renovation is not as intimidating if you have the right team that can provide you comfort with before-and-after's of other projects they've done, plus accurate $s surrounding those projects.

Its not always a perfect no cost, sometimes it a low cost refi, or sometimes the lender credit can be larger then the costs and its actually a negative cost refi.

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

Computers can calculate square footage, number of beds/baths, and other objective criteria, but they can't measure the subjective things like curb appeal, flow of the floorplan, view out the living room window, or the grating irritation of four barking dogs in the neighbor's back yard.Learn to study the market and how to evaluate properties on your own.

To add further context, one of the big reasons I even did the LLC was to start a business account and build business credit to further fund my rental properties and possibly get into larger apartment complexes in the future. 

I have access to others of like mind that can help me put syndicates together to purchase larger apartments.Outside of real estate, I'm busy as a CFO to a large dental practice that my husband owns that brings in capital for us to invest in RE... and I love taking care of my girls that are 16, 13, and 9 and teaching them all about passive income investing via RE.

Larger PM's don't do as good as small to mid size operations.