With that being said, what you can do to star the narrative and create trust with the new lender/underwriter is that you can rent your current residence out and have a lease in hand proving it has already been rented and you're looking for a new home.

All stars aligning!

Your last 18 ratings were each 5 stars.

Each one I've stayed in was ranked 4.5 - 5 stars, and they definitely were not at that level.

We used to have Co-star membership in the past and sale, lease listing and comps were all add-ons.

At the time, the stars aligned such that we were getting additional monies from all over the place.

We used metal edging, "black star" gravel in the beds up front and seating area, planted sod (900SF by seating area), compacted pea-gravel on top of road base for the driveways, and did a planter at the corner of the property by the street.

In that scenario I probably would have just taken out an equity line and used that to acquire more property so I can keep a star location property.I love having an equity line, have one on my primary and I use it to make cash offers and then pay it off when I refi out when the rehab is done.In the end though, I keep my leverage reasonable. 

Schools - Rating of 5+ with parent rating of 4+ stars. 

Population Colorado Springs, CO MSA Population 724000 Pop Growth % 2010-2018 13.2 Pop Growth Forecast (5yrs) 1.3 % 18-34 Year Olds 26.9 Jobs Industry Diversity Rank 150 Industry Diversity Score 74.29 Unemployment 3.4 Best Cities Rank 58 Job Growth 2018-2019 2.9 5 Year Forecast Income Growth 4.2 Demographics/Crime Median Household Income 58158 % Renters 42.3 Crime Rate (violent/1000) 5.35 Crime Rate (Property/1000) 32.96 Rental Info Vacancy Rate 5.9 4&5 Star Effective Rent 1376 3 Star Effective Rent 1066 12 Mo.