If you want to create a scalable business, write down how you do everything and always help people out.

If he is a accredited investor plus he should not buy SFHs since they are not scalable.

Business income coverage – look for this, it pays you when the renters have to move out due to damage to the property Make sure you have liability coverage (protects people on the property) of around $300,000-$1,000,000 Make the tenants get renters insurance and don’t let them have dangerous pets Setting Up Your Bank Account Have a separate checking account (income and expense) and a savings account (holds the security deposits given by the tenant) set this up 2-3 weeks before you close on the property Create a scalable system before Preparing Forms You can use a filing cabinet or simply use google drive – store application, rental minimum qualifications form... more on pg. 270 You can get a sample of these forms at www.BiggerPockets.com/LandlordBookBonus Preparing Bookkeeping Consider getting QuickBooks or some other accounting software.

This model isn't scalable either.Good luck

Do that, and owning rental properties is a scalable  and profitable business, let it get personal and it can eat you alive.  

The latter is what I want because it is scalable.

BUT, many syndicators that started that way also learned it was not truly sustainable or easily scalable.  

While small multis and sfr don’t have scalability they can also meet a lot of goals for a lot of people.

The key is to build your business system so it’s scalable as you grow.

So it's not really scalable by a calculator or analysis, it is always dependent on the property, the owner's willingness to do timely repairs, and the general upkeep.