Some strategies to get around are:1. leverage your current portfolio and buy in cash, increase value, and then refi2. buy Multi-family so your ratios aren't the main factor to lenders3. get in with a lender for high net worth individuals4.

Quote from @Marc Shin: @Keagan Scott on any advice you have to help me increase my bookings would be appreciated! 

In France, they sell wine.They identified their customers (in your case, reliable tenants) and provided what they wanted to buy (rent).SummaryFollow this proven, step-by-step process to maximize your chances of success and minimize risk in real estate investing.Has this process proven successful?

Ultimately it was the customer service and poor quality of my post cards that caused me to leave.

Went a bit heavy on the annual taxes due to the increase in the area the past few years.

I've been gradually increasing rent.

The PPM and Docs are customized for your project so you will need to have it outlined upfront on the structure and payout (is it pref equity, debt and the capital stack etc).

From the commercial side you have more ability to force appreciation by increasing the NOI. 

If you offer a bonus based on profitability will deferred maintenance increase because they want a bonus?

Increased revenue and decreased parking demand allowed us to carry income-restricted units as well.We originally planned on spinning it out into a brand, but we never had the bandwidth to do so.Our largest hurdle has been education as most of our tenants are coming in to rent traditional units.Investors did not love it.