Quote from @Shaylynn O'Leary: I am currently looking at my first investment property.

I was at a CCIM luncheon recently and some of my lender buddies and I were discussing that many of their banks are getting out of multi-family because of rising costs to manage the properties...including taxes and insurance.

Ben’s biggest tip?

I'd say the quality of leads vs other online sources has been and still is pretty good. 

My thesis was that this would lead to increased investment in the surrounding neighborhood and home values would increase.

I am looking for a local lender in DFW to finance a few of rental properties as well.Thanks,Tal Hi Tal, my firm can finance 1-4 familes, condos and townhomes if that's what you're looking for.

This is all conjecture as I am not an estimator or contractor, but I know Monteray Consan 20 works well.That was my fear with this quote, it's heavy charges to tear down and almost nothing about doing the drywall after they tear it down. 

It was next door to my moms bed and breakfast so we could manage it easily.

I kept my first house as a rental after I moved out and bought a new residence. 

I've just put my fifth rental property under contract and I'm really starting to hate manually dealing with bookkeeping in Stessa every month.