I just found it odd that so few people were willing to speak about selling their houses.

I found it odd that she waited that amount of time for an emergency type of situation @Gabe R.

Mid term rentals are some what of the odd man out when it comes to DSCR guidelines.There are guidelines which utilize short term rents, and guidelines that utilize long term rents.You can use the projected income on a short term basis to qualify for the loan if the number work right.

In my experience, odds of collecting are about 25%. 

Play for NBA.

Find 3rd party ways to verify the owner and employment as described. it would be very odd to have both an employer and landlord in two different states thousands of miles away that share an area code with the perspective tenant that is not in the market the home market of the PM or the employer.

By doing cash for keys, you increase the odds of all LL getting a tenant that has been rewarded for poor behavior.  

If you are hiring a one-man shop, the odds of that one-man being able to put the effort needed into all the areas needed across 50 or 100 units is very rare, much better service with a team that can take 2am calls and deal with villages etc.

It's all a bit odd as the seller removed the stove right before the POS inspection which then illuminated this issue.

Quitting your job to do real estate full-time is obviously attractive.You could listen to all of us telling you not to do it, but sometimes you just have to take a chance and make the best of it.There's a lot of successful people that didn't know they could fail and succeeded despite the odds.