With VA loans, you’ve got a huge advantage to get started with little to no money down, and military bases are perfect for long-term or short-term rentals.

I also question how investors get away with using gap funding.

@Wale Lawal said it perfectly!   

Makes perfect sense.

You can get away with using 5% for Class A tenants, but we use 10% for Class B and lower. 3) Tenant Payment Performance: you didn't mention this, but it is important!

Milwaukee inventory has just been so low, that even very distressed properties sell to first-time home buyers without a significant discount, so in the end it's cheaper for me to buy properties that already have a new roof, windows, kitchen, HVAC etcI appreciate that insight and it makes perfect sense.

In a slow market homes sit and rot, they are on the MLS forever and the longer it sits, the lower the price goes to find the sweet spot for just the perfect buyer.

Your example highlights this perfectly.

Keep in mind that these offices love to charge you their premium package (€250-€350 and up) while usually, you will be perfectly capable of doing some tasks yourself, especially in the beginning when there are not that many things happening in the new SL.

Two things:First, it would be the ruin of a perfectly good country.