>The likely rent I'd get in this area will cover half my mortgage payments at the momentI have done all of my brrrr in different market and I have the same issue that after a refi to extract the value add, my high LTV property at current rates is large cash flow negative (not as large as only covering 50% of the mortgage).  

you can use a DSCR loan if your DTI is too high for conventional. 

This is especially true of small mom & pop businesses in high end areas.  

If one is a high W2 earner, real estate is not the place.

@Greg Kurzner Thank you for speaking highly of me.

. -- lots of factors to consider (including your personal strategy), but here are a few high level metrics to compare the most populous zip codes in HuntsvilleWelcome to drop me a message if you are interested in checking out the full report 

Cleveland, Baltimore, Toledo, Indy etc....You will see net population decreases in most of these areas but these are the areas where the prices are the lowest in the USA and come with rents that are very high when compared to the sales price.

I only have 4 SFR with sec 8 but I’d highly recommend it.

Since Airbnb remits at the state level when I see high numbers (or low) of what I am remitting for other OTAs/direct I then drill down to make sure listings are optimized on all channels.

I was going to buy a owner occupied duplex with 3.5% down then buy an investment property using 25% down but my DTI ratio would not qualify for both mortgages in the same year unless I used a dscr loan but then the interest rate would be very high, and it'd be hard to make a deal work using a dscr loan because of that.