A DSCR loan is going to give you more flexibility and less reliance on your personal credit, as others have pointed out.

I mentioned KC, because it is a good example of a linear market, one with slow but steady growth, rather than boom and bust and over-reliance on any one industry like tech for growth.Speaking of growth, you're right to look at population trends (inbound and outbound numbers) and rent growth over time.

HelloI am an MBA student interested in investing in rental properties within 18-24 months of graduating from school. I would like to hear from the forum whether investors tend to lean more on their property managers (...

Hmm;  sounds like Offer, Acceptance, EMD, reliance upon good evidence of the PAL - - time to push the lender with legal notice of damages caused by the PAL.

As for the expenses what can you do to reduce/remove the tenants reliance on you paying the utilities? 

Additionally, Appraisers will likely look at both the income and sales approaches to value but more reliance will be placed on the sales approach for an asset of this size.

I want to ramp up my investing and I want to be as free of reliance on agents for finding properties and also for doing comps.

William Hochstedler Yeah I have noticed the heavy reliance on USU in Logan.

@John Horner  you guys have over reliance on attornies in your closing process.WE would be doing this work without an attorney.. actually our title company would handle it for us.. and if they got no where then we go to the state and pound on the door.. the state wants money you have the money.. they should or will take the money.you step in and do the leg work...

This is tough in old buildings, more accurate in newer ones.As mentioned the income approach would most likely not be used, or if used, very little reliance would be placed on it.Ideally, you should be able to do the same as an appraiser would do.