I'm exposing my soft underbelly in the hope that it may help others in the BP forum. 

@Courtney Bass

Soft and horizontal up through foundation.My capitalistic decamillioniaire likes 3pts, 8.5%, 1yr flips, 70% PP, 70% rehab and he has to approve the deal.My brother, mother, uncle, cousin, bro in law and other true friends I don't know their criteria because I value our relationship above another deal. 

I have heard from many commercial contacts that some of the markets are soft and couple that with rising rates, I personally would prefer to leverage my residential properties as those rates are still historically low and you can fix the rates. 

You can ask that they do a "soft check" which will get the process started and won't affect your credit score like a "hard check" would.  

AR is typically a soft market state, Bytheville especially so.

Also, every house comes furnished and a lot of accommodating for different items that would never be considered in the US, i.e. negotiating hard/soft bed, larger fridge, installing oven & installing a dryer. 

I simply reposted his outstanding analysis, written in John's trademark soft and politically correct style. ;)

My main concern with it is that area is seeing a massive amount of new construction in both hotels and houses and if the economy gets soft the booking could get very competitive and rental rates could compress and occupancy fall.

I bet you run a seriously amazing, and legit, business.I also have a soft spot for this because I volunteer in California prisons, one day a month and six full weekends a year, and I work with the inmates directly and I know for a fact that so many of them have your kind of mind and drive and skill.