I have helped several investors recently acquire single family homes around the $400K price point that rent in the $2,200-$2,350 range.

I’ve watched investors lose momentum by sticking to a single city’s slower regulations when a neighboring municipality was more open to new builds.

(particularly true for single family homes)  Tom and Aaron may have different experiences.  

However, they approach financial health from different angles.The 50% Rule is a quick estimate that suggests operating expenses (excluding mortgage principal and interest) will roughly equal 50% of the property's gross income.The DSCR is a more precise calculation (Net Operating Income / Total Debt Service) that determines if a property generates enough income to cover its debt obligations.Deal example:- Class C middle class neighborhood- 4bd / 2ba single family house- ARV: 190k- Purchase: 105k- Rehab: 35k- Market rent: $1,400-1,525- Section 8: $1,475- Property manager: 10%- Taxes: 125 month- Insurance $1250 yr- HOA: $55 month- purchased and rehabbed with all cash.

You're right there that's not a single platform that does everything but I feel like Baselane comes close to it.

I'm just here to note that an LLC does not offer a single tax benefit, nor does it allow any deductions that aren't allowed without an LLC. 

You can still find single-family homes in the $80k–$100k range and duplexes in the $130k–$150k range, even in C and C+ neighborhoods that are seeing steady improvements.

Just got off the phone with the zoning guy and he said since both of my lots pre-date the zoning regulations in the city, they're grandfathered in so-to-speak, which means I am able to build a single family on each one!

Diversification into multifamily also lowers risk compared to a single rental, as vacancies won’t affect your income as drastically.3.

The other is a Single Family long term rental.