I will also look for houses with deferred maintenance and search them to see if there is an absentee owner and/or older in age, maybe ready to move or downsize!

I don't know if this is true, however it would make sense that when you routinely pay down the HELOC, your interest amount declines and is not based on 6 month ave.

In each category, note how much you are bothered or stressed on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 = not bothered at all and 5 = stressed out: Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Unit turnover Exterior maintenance Advertising for available units Deferred capital expenditures Tenant screening rules Plumbing or electrical emergencies Tenant selection / discrimination rules Mortgage payments Documenting move-in conditions Bookkeeping and bill paying Documenting ongoing conditions Taxes and insurance premiums Dealing with tenant complaints Risk of late payments or non-payments Dealing with neighbor complaints Risk of property damage or vandalism Mold, termites and rodents Premises liability Interior maintenance Evicting tenants If your completed table has mostly 1s and 2s, then congratulations—you are a happy landlord!

But when the two elevators went down and we realized we were barely able to make DSCR and weren’t cash flowing enough to cover long term major maintenance and cap ex, we had to pivot into Plan B.in regard to renovating in a partially occupied building, it’s a nightmare.  

Make sure to also include in your calculation all the associated costs of those homes (maintenance, cap-x, management, vacancy, etc) then include the selling cost of the home since the appreciation isn't unlocked until you sell the home.

I was shown about a handful of their holdings in the Houston, Memphis, and Little Rock markets, but the cash flow and CoC returns were less than $100 per month and 2-4% after factoring in additional expenses like 7% vacancy and 10% maintenance per month to go along with 20% down and conventional mortgage.

The end of the world would be selling this to buy a cheaper asset than needs more work, do this all over again, to make the same money and lose a better asset.Slow down and work on this property and the rents and the maintenance, and also enjoy living there.

I have seen it on padsplits in ATL on the brokerage side - best way to mitigate risk is on the purchase AND exterior maintenance. 

I'm less concerned with maintenance requests and collecting rent and more concerned with acquisitions and growth. 

It seems like it will return ~$200/month pure cash after all mortgage payments, fees to Doorvest, maintenance, vacancy fees, etc., I will update the exact number in this thread in the future. - Here is how Doorvest works in general: The houses are only located in Houston.