Rather, the emphasis should be to learn it and do it (over and Over) and become comfortable with the process before ponying up your hard earned cash. 

Many of us have clients all over the nation and globally.

Personally, I would place more emphasis on looking for safe neighborhoods (which will correlate to some degree with school ratings) for both you and your tenants' sake.

So, a global universal item of issue here Michael is that you thinking, how your mind is operating, is centered as that of a self-employed person, and not that of a business manager/owner. 

I'm no lender but from my experience scaling as an investor, the lower the purchase price/number of units, the more emphasis is put on the income of the borrower. 

Fun times for us until as stated refi market froze up like antarctic.. we are now in global warming so refi's are while not as easy as then at least for WELL qualified borrowers they happen every day now.. which is a great thing and has strengthened the markets and created some appreciation as well. 

Got in around $200K and should be able to generate a little positive cash flow with more emphasis on long-term appreciation given terrific schools, commercial/highway development, and companies moving HQ's more north (e.g.

I agree with @Mario Dattilo and Roger D Jones.I think the only thing that I would draw emphasis on is what Mario said because unless it has a separate tax ID number it is not an apples-to-apples comparable.

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