Hello Faris,Any book published by Bigger Pockets is a great start. 

Hmmm... lets think about this and list just a few things that you are paying them for... tenant communication, owner communication, managing expenses, maintenance concerns, vendor communication, negotiating vendor pricing, rent collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, tenant procurement, 3-day notices, 7-day notices, 1099s, accounting, and 24/7/365 MANAGEMENT OF YOUR PROPERTY, for pennies of the rent...

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Case Shiller used to publish stats on total return for residential RE for this century.  

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Their explanation is that the numbers I'm seeing come from sources that only use data that is reported to them by realtors who choose to list rentals there for example and that most management companies like them will not publish their actual rents so their numbers are based on their own comps which are more accurate. 

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One of the main scenarios where it does in fact make sense is your example - it might be negatively cash flowing in year 1 - but start cash flowing positively in years 2, 3 and then down the road years 5, 6, 7 (all the way to 30 is technically possible if no refi or sale) the DSCR can explode quite a bit higherAlso sharing links here to 11 articles published here on BiggerPockets all about DSCR Loans, hope these help as well!

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