One of the biggest challenges for everyone involved is being on the same page about the actual time required for maintenance.DIY landlords rarely properly track their time when it comes to property management in general - tracking their true time invested in maintenance is where they perform the worst.Investors that hire PMCs are rarely any better at understanding the true amount of time maintenance takes.

I feel a loss of direction and that makes it really hard for me to focus and build.Do we keep at building a portfolio of small multi family (very abundant in my market, very rare to find anything above a triplex for sale), with plans of selling the portfolio and 1031'ing into larger properties? 

In reality, it’s pretty rare to find a DSCR loan going up to 95% LTV.

If the locals say it's rare then I would not worry.

I RARELY will do a deal for someone i have not personally met.. so I do a lot of flying :)  

So, as an investor you have three paths to follow to try to “capture” the rare property that meets the above characteristics. 1.

Feel free to drop any specific criteria or connect with me.

Consequently,  there's rarely enough of a deviation in price between these auctions and what you can buy on the MLS/elsewhere with full diligence capabilities to make these transactions worthwhile. 

Realistically speaking, except in very rare cases, I think it’s all about pictures pictures picturesMost people aren’t gonna have success  starting their own booking website or running targeted ads or creating some amazing Instagram account.

I drop them and use a competent local RE agent, who did a great job.