I'm very nervous about that vague language of "rent comparability". 

I have done many deals where I was nervous and anxious and questioning myself, but after a while you work through it and do it anyway ... but smartly.The first thing you should do, if you haven't already, is take a good look at your current situation (income, expenses, job security, etc) and project into the future of what you want your life to look like and then work backwards filling in the gaps.

The banks are nervous and they are padding against drops in real estate markets and making the property less risky for them to hold a mortgage for.

Considering it as my first real estate investment, but nervous about the area because I don’t know anything about Columbus in general, especially the Brown Ave side of town.

I've been wanting to finally jump into the game but have been hesitant as I'm relatively young (mid-20's), recently started my career, building up some of my own money, and just been nervous to make the jump.

*One quirk that made financing more complicated: the banks got nervous when they saw that just two people (the investors I mentioned earlier) own more than half of the 48 units, and wanted a big down payment.

Be wary of renters who seem to be overly aggressive Or overly nervous When you're inside their unit- respect the unit it is their home.

Makes me nervous as hell.

It just makes me nervous when I see a website where they were asking a "partner" to put up $15,000.   

I'm a little nervous too because the asking price is a little high for the amount of repairs that are needed, but I'm trying not to scare the owner with a low ball offer because I'm focused on getting him to finance the deal so I can get a low interest rate or no interest at all.