Quote from @Mija Aguilera: Hi @Christopher Charles I’m based in Maryland and familiar with the areas you’re looking to invest in.

MTR brought in 75% of the gross and more of the net due to lower cleaning fees for turning over the STR.For gross numbers we brought in about 1.2% of the ARV value in monthly rent this year which is decent based on the rules of thumb at least. 

Hi @John I'm based in Southern California, but I have started my out of state real estate journey in Indianapolis.

For instance today I analyzed a prospective deal that is a 3 unit.

Based on your assessment, it feels like the only way for you to buy something now is to make a compromise that you don't want to make or to get out over your skis a bit more than you'd like. 20 years from now, it won't make much of a difference whether you bought something today or two years from now. 

I'm still playing with the layout and trade-offs.

This could be laborious as a one at a time deal.Not sure if this would work but you might be able to pay someone from Fivr to write a script that would do it automatically for you and generate a list based off of the multifamily addresses that you already have.   

It is not really apples to apples, but generally speaking the more money invested the further ahead you will be eventually in the future, just because your compounding base is higher, regardless of where the money comes from - ie, 4 300k properties are 1.2 million on property, which is double the 600k property.

The GC should help you determine the scope of work and provide a list of materials based on your goals (e.g., rental vs. flip) and the property's target market.

Build your home criteria based on investment goals, risk profile, returns desired, holding timeline.