But to date, I've just set my rents at a rate that accounts for me having to pay the water bill - and informed the residents that each year I'll increase the rent based upon my expenses (including water), so keeping the bill down helps me to help them.But one problem this could cause is if increasing the rent to cover the water bill then places your rent above the market rate.

I am just saying, it is really expensive and not even for a mentorship.

I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23If a purchase, you also generally need reserves / savings to show you have 3-6 month payments of PITIA (principal / interest (mortgage payment), property taxes and insurance and HOA (if applicable).

Ultimately, it comes down to underwriting and the ability for the property, and you, to afford to pay the monthly expense of the loan. 

AppFolio is great for property managers, but investors often use Stessa, REI Hub, or Buildium for tracking income, expenses, and tax reporting.

I imagine a T-6 is just a Trailing 6 month table that shows our rents, expenses all fully tabulated and organized into a summary table, but having a hard time finding documentation online to support that. 

The lot is paid off and deeded to our LLC, but lender will not do conventional loan to LLC for the remaining financing so we'd need to take out a loan in our personal names. 

You'll need more cushion between your income and debt payments to account for everything else - taxes, insurance, food, living expenses, etc...

One good thing about building a 2-4 unit as a primary is you less money down and you can use the other units as income to help build a more expensive home.FHA allows for a higher loan amount as you get into the 2, 3 and 4 unit homes and its still only 3.5% down.

I've avoided being an agent bc I don't want to pay all the fees and sell houses to get paid, but that was before I knew an investor specialized brokerage like this was a thing.