Lower Start-Up CostsTraditional real estate investing requires 20%-25% down, making it difficult for many to scale quickly.

If the property does not require an extensive rehab and just needs cosmetic repairs then a standard landlord dwelling policy in most cases depending on the carrier.

There's also plenty of lenders who falsely represent the true capital requirements to originate their loans or are merely up front fee collectors. 

Live in one side for a year to meet your residence requirement for the loan.3.

Hi Grace, I have an amazing DSCR lender that has no seasoning period requirement and an amazing property manager (both a lot of my clients and myself have used!).

I personally wouldnt - I am sure you could use the equity to get more than $600/month in cash flow however that would possibly require some work and risk on yalls end.

A lot of cities require you to get a work comp policy if you are an owner builder unless you hire all people with their own policies.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

It’s not the most simple task unfortunately - definitely requires some technical skill.

I'm fairly new in the industry as well, and most of the sources I've checked at first require a subscription (CoStar, WSJ), but I found this newsletter called Zeroflux Real Estate who consolidate real estate news from such sites.