I make sure I screen each potential tenant thoroughly (background and credit checks) and require references.

I'm told the screening criteria credit score is on the higher end .But most of the listings I see are also on the same league.

depends on your credit if you can get a mortgage or your ability to find good deals that you use hard money for and then refinance into DSRC.  

For us we all typically use 0% business credit cards to furnish the property which can amount to $40-$60k+ depending on how crazy you go. 

Do you have W-2 Income, 20% down, reserves, and a decent credit score?

Dedicate one checking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

You can also send payments to credit card whenever you have spare money.

@Sundone Boutvyseth-the lowest Down for a SFR  rental  property is  15% ...if you are able to  locate an  option with 10%  down - this is likely  going to be pricey  but if you need to minize the down - it  might be  worth  using 

Since they're low income/tax credit, they just don't make the kind of money needed to pay those huge premiums.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?