Basically 75% of the total rents need to cover all the bills.

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Bathroom Renovations (4 Total)Scope of Work:Master Bathroom:Install new double vanity with quartz countertopsReplace shower with frameless glass enclosure and custom tileAdd a freestanding soaking tubUpgrade fixtures to high-end finishesGuest Bathrooms (3):Replace vanities, mirrors, and lightingRetile showers and floorsInstall modern plumbing fixturesEstimated Cost: $40,0003.

Unless your team can put in 10% of the total money raised, you will have trouble obtaining financing. 

Say they sold the properties over 3 year period and could not sell the rentals together as a portfolio.Could they put the money from each sale into a DST then use the total to buy a expensive rental property?

I just closed a DSCR loan on a Duplex with Total Quality Lending.

I looked at the rental trend over the past 10 years, I should be fine in year 7 for the refinance unless rates are totally out of this world.Your right those rents would be really low for Stamford. 

Maybe there's an angle for seller financing or some other creative approach to get the seller the total return they want over time, but it's hard to say without actual facts and data.

My in-laws loaned us the total purchase price minus $5,000 on a 3% interest rate.

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