If you can or do trust your PM company then speed can increase and costs decrease over time. 

Once that extra rental started generating income, he realized the higher interest rate was just a temporary hiccup on the way to bigger returns.In your case, maybe look at a structure that keeps your best cash-flow property on a lighter refi (say 50% or 60% LTV) while you go a bit heavier on the one that’s not producing as much right now.

Without population growth, your rental income will lag behind inflation, requiring you to find additional sources of income.How long your rental income lasts depends on the job growth in the investment city.Non-government jobs are inherently temporary.

Since you're so close to Loyola and not too far from Northwestern, I imagine you might have a pool of people who need temporary furnished housing while they study, do a medical rotation, or travel in the medical industry.

I would strongly consider building equity to make a stronger down payment and further decrease your monthly cost. 

They had caught some trespassers.We have continued to upgrade our security systems as capabilities have increased and costs have decreased.  

To decrease expenses, we are 1.

If the way to increase the selling value of a MFH is to increase NOI by increasing income or decreasing expenses; why are the majority of sellers putting their properties on the market with under market rent?  

We do get people coming through for ETSU and Milligan graduations, temporary stays for the VA, and some tourism in the summer and fall but you're not going to stay heavily booked. 

Property was originally listed for $1.2mm this past year they’ve done multiple price decreases to $699k.