Weight the pros and cons, know the market and comparable. 

But at the same time you will not accept someone only being needed to finance only a portion of the deal which decreases the expenses of financing because they could have made more by using that money to their advantage.Is there a better way to accomplish Mike's objective factoring in the cost of money, opportunity cost, and some kind of weighted (il)liquidity factor?

Originally posted by @Paul Tibok:Thank you everyone for your feedback, very helpful it took a big weight off my shoulders.  

This could be becuase of the mix of the service vs. other job types in that geo (E.G. think Las Vegas or Orlando - heavily weighted to service/tourism jobs).Dan

I find that an eviction attorney is worth their weight.

I’ve found out from times past that personal recommendations can carry a lot of weight.

I believe a good CPA is worth their weight in gold. 

Only consider the comps closest to your property...weight the ones on the same block the most! 

FHA was my first idea but I haven't given serious consideration to using my overseas income as weight to throw around.

Remember that each of these levels is itself a story and should be weighted appropriately.