Hey Ahmed, welcome to the BP community.Wishing you the best on your real estate journey.Cheers!

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – and they often select the first PMC they call!

I appreciate the insight and the actionable next steps.

I have enough down payment and can get a DSCR for the 4 plex, but would not be able to swing the other, even by itself. 

Seems more like criticism for the most part. 

The cashflow should cove ALL of the expenses for the primary (mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, etc) AND put money in their pocket.

And yes, that’s half the type.They miss the other half, which is not only active investing, but in many ways mirrors equity investing more than traditional debt investing.

Moore welcome to the forums.

Effectively no, otherwise everyone would do it and there would be no rent controlled buildings.If the property becomes vacant there are scenarios you can remove it from rent control. 

Would you be willing to explore the possibility of investing out of state?