I have some YouTube videos that may help with some of your questions and always happy to have a call to dive a little deeper. 1. which development(s) tends to be the best for ROI/have the best occupancy rates? 

Hey @Anthony Zotto, this question tends to lend itself to be state, city, regulations specific as the rights of tenants/property owners vary, which you probably know.

We tend to push rents $50 until we see the traffic on our listings drop.

Since you’re building from the ground up, a hard money loan can be a great option because traditional banks tend to be slow and have stricter requirements for new construction.

What currently happens in my NW Austin neighborhood is older owners tend to sell their homes as is, often in need of serious remodeling. 

You need to focus on one city at a time as they will tend to be very similar but different where it matters(good investing areas and price/sqft). 

I work mostly with bank & credit unions lenders, who tend to be much more conservative, and most of them use a 35% operating expense margin.Also, the operating expense is calculated off the EGI (Effective Gross Income), which is the Gross Rent x the Occupancy Rate (i.e.

I tend to be a bit more flexible on credit score (minimum is 600), but it's dependent on the property/area.

If not, they might be a barnacle....barnacles tend to join other barnacles on the bottom of a boat, until they are either scraped off or they sink the boat. 

The challenge with unsafe areas is (1) potentially higher cost of maintenance such as broken windows, etc. and (2) this is by no means meant to be discriminatory but anecdotally from people I've spoken to the challenging tenants tend to be at the lower price points.