The rental deals in my area are not even close to what I was doing before.

Though it may cash flow well based on their current debt service, when you compare the income it produces to the equity they have is it actually even a good investment for them from an ROI perspective or would they be better off liquidating and redeploying?

And honestly, even a DSCR loan by itself, under an LLC, also doesn't provide much shielding. 

Cleveland, Ohio is a great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

The loan is with you, not with your tenant, so none of that means anything to them - in fact because you live in one unit and it's under 4, if you were self-managing you don't even have to abide by fair housing laws (at least on the federal level). 

Even when financial goals are met, the experience shapes how owners and tenants perceive the property.

So, even if he doesn't ever do another deal...he is still up $10,000!

Even in the long run.

A lot of times CPAs are so bogged down with compliance work that they can't even think about doing advisory.

(aside from the 1 or 2 homes that have stunning overlook views).When building out your buy box, are you all using the averages, or are you basing your min/max on the cream of the crop listing revenues, even when there aren't clear reasons as to why they are performing so much better than others?