As one of the lone voices on several of those bank committees cautioning against increasing the bank's exposure to Countrywide, already at $50 billion at the time, I know no one wants to hear a contrarian, but..... my thought processes when evaluating a deal and why I'm not [yet] comfortable with the Preferred Returns / Target Returns presentation and methodology: 1.

I have a methodology that has helped me cash flow on all my properties since my first property acquisition (85k property, aquired for 67k, total closing costs 950.00)Before making an offer on a property put it's address in www.rentometer.com to get the market rents, cross reference that info with a conversation with a highly successful area realtor and let that data guide your purchase decisions and you will always cash flow.

Or the methodology of how they are handling the information is just wrong.

I also thought that the methodology of autopay under Buildium was way overpriced and not cost effective for all the accounts (LLCs) we have under our control.

@David BentonRegarding the investment return methodologies to use, we will say it depends heavily on what the investors wants to see. 

I'm looking to possibly house hack my way in so I'm looking for areas and any methodology tips as well.

Eric Ries and his "lean startup" methodology is a great place to start.Good luck!

There are two methodologies where you can deduct from.

My goal is to purchase property and use the buy/hold methodology.

Understandably, the lenders perspective is to investigate a borrowers liquidity and debt servicing capability, but what methodologies do you use to review the actual investment?