Although in the landlord business of course your tenants are on a razor edge more than most home owners.. with lower rent areas of say 600 to 800 a month and 3X rent to qualify pretty tough to live on 1800 to 2400 a month for most folks and one little upset and boom 

It would have taken a while to cut all of those 600+ tires by hand with a razor blade to each sidewall,  it I know a lot of tire shops that do it that way everyday.

My profit is halved, which REALLY slows down the cash flow which was slotted to go towards my next property. 

You have a razor thin margin here 200k sounds like alot but it can.

There has been considerable development around the house in recent years, primarily row/slot homes. 

Longer version: DSCR or conventional, and assuming we're not talking about HML or loan sharks charging 10%+ and 3+ points, there's always multiple criteria in place.

Therefore, in this scenario, the borrower will free up 4 "slots" to obtain FNMA financing.Ulric Donawa

Also, finding a tenant in the pandemic took us much longer than prior to the pandemic because we did not do open houses but screened each viewing in their own time slot.  

Looking for something where people can sign up for a time slot at a certain office.

I took the first offered appraisal slot offered by the assigned appraisal company which is picked by the underwriters.