I definitely am leaning toward the first application being the one for me, and I appreciate the advice to make sure it is a good tenant in addition to just being a flesh and bones human who (might) pay me the rent on time.One of the advices I read above was to be a bit less discerning perhaps and get someone in the door for 6 months at a reduced rate, and then find my golden tenant in the summer.

Spend 2026 stabilizing it as I want something with meat on the bone. 

I have a handful of leads that leave plenty of meat on the bone and I would like to make sure I am not missing anything.

Generally we raise capital from investors who want a fixed income and have enough meat on the bone to keep all the equity in the deals and push the valuation and also obtain commercial financing where we can get 75-80% LTV financing and still maintain a DSCR of 1.2+2.) 

But you have to be very creative and understand that if you're seeing deals from industry professionals (rather than sourcing them yourself), there's probably not enough meat left on the bone for a good opportunity to create value.Good luck!

mendenhall quoted..shows the shallow personality.....his ego comes through in every contact.Sorry  but lets be real, the guy doesnt have an empathetic bone n his body.

There is not enough meat on the bone to involve an agent or an attorney.  

Unless you're financially prepared to deal with these issues and accept that 'once you know, you must always disclose' defects, I would move on to finding what is truly a good deal - as a good deal is only as good as its bones.  

Today, deals are very tight, not much meat one the bone.

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