I could send you a handful of articles that would give you the basics and you'd be fine.I have 14-doors in Detroit and 3 of them I've placed S8 tenants in.

To me, the significance of this article: https://news.yahoo.com/citiban... is not the price prediction, but that it is coming from a major bank analyst.

My market is humming right along, except for the higher-priced single-family homes.The linked article provides some good information.What are you seeing?

Look up articles on BP on how to find the "core 4".

First, I wrote an article regarding this specific question, take a look if you're curious:The 10 Best Markets for Your First House HackSecond, if you'd rather do your own research, we created a simple "Where to Start" dataset that includes data such as population, price, and rent growth.

https://www.bizbuysell.com/ has reports and educational articles for understanding the various metrics for their listings.

Just read through some of these articles and you'll get the idea.https://www.indystar.com/story/news/investigations/2020/05/06/clayton-morris-bert-whalen-accused-by-indiana-attorney-general-deceptive-home-sales/5175543002/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/31/who-can-you-trust-in-the-real-estate-investing-business/#720fb12c356fhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.indystar.com/story...https://www.newsweek.com/clayt...https://www.usatoday.com/story...https://thehill.com/homenews/m...https://www.mediamatters.org/f...https://fox59.com/2019/03/26/e...Clayton Morris Lawsuit Case No. 1:18-cv-02797-WTL-DMLhttps://onedrive.live.com/?

Then search the internet and read 50 articles about syndication from various sources.  

Like Brandon mentioned - you sound like the picture perfect classic "DSCR Loan" borrower - dscr loans are made for exactly this typically - LLC friendly and usually the best fit for when investors hit the 5 or so property mark and hit a roadblock with banks, cash etc like you desribed.Check out this 12-part article series published here on BP on all about DSCR Loans, hope it helps!

Interesting article here.