@James Miller  just like any other commercial lender lending on multi family.. its cash flow based.. and then with SFR scattered you need to add in bulk value in a default situation.

I do like the idea of having more units in one place though instead of scattered out. 

I have always considered it my home and my mom and the products of her 8 siblings all live there, scattered all over the south hills.

Location - the triplex is in a rural area, about 15 minutes outside of a small city, with scattered towns around it.

Also I guess i do have a couple scattered questions, such as how can i work on a buyers list without having a property on hand (i am going to start going to an rei club as well ) AND if your an investor in Texas Maybe we can network :) Ill keep this post as a journal for when i do get my first deal under contract How did you get over the phone call nerves? 

Sorry if it feels scattered but I am trying to interact and learn.

@Chad Michaels  what you describe 30k houses that are perfect and an agent who is going to do all this work is pure fantasy.. you may find those in little towns scattered about the mid west  you know little 5k towns 100 miles from a major metro area. but not in anykind of metro area those would all be urban core and would be the opposite you describe.as for new construction with no money no credit and no experience that too is a FULL blown pipe dream... only one with half a brain that would finance you on that is your  inner circle and family type of set up.100% JV deals are avalaible to those that as @Karen Margrave mentions those that bring something to the party...

We also find a remarkable number of empties scattered about for folk who no longer have any corporeal presence.  

There are deals on the MLS but he's not going to find them w/ the scatter gun approach.

Since I have nothing else to do on a Sunday [lie], I'll try to elaborate.Up in Cache County, we have two major subdivisions of townhouse style condos built in the 1980's and 1990's respectively with a scattering of smaller subdivisions and some major starts in the past 3 years.