Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Is it a bad idea to invest in properties where you would be able to collect rent that is equal or a little less than your mortgage payment?

Continue normal duties of rent collection.

However, much of our document and data collection was handled by loan analyst Taylor Vassey.

I don't necessarily need the standard features of pm software, such as rent collection, bookkeeping and maintenance requests, though that could help; but do need a clearinghouse of important information, such as leases, legal docs and other information; maintenance vendors I use; maintenance history; and some kind of tracking system, where I can record the various current projects I'm working on within the business.

Surely they're collecting most rents, even during COVID.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

You can collect close to 100% of your rents when doing that. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/student-housing-rentalshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/student-housing-remains-a...

The screening process plays a big role in the odds of collection.

Let’s say half of life you allocate double, you will still collect enough but you will have months with deceiving cash flow estimates.