The market is hot right now and much of the talent retired during the recession with no new guys coming into the trades, so talent is hard to find.Also, DC is a rough city to work in for trades because it is high security, heavily commuter based with limited parking.

A GC with a team is huge.Whether to househack or not would depend heavily on your family situation.

I say that because this is heavily watched and must comply with Dodd frank and safe act .

Network heavily especially if you don't have a lot of capital. 

If you find a way to get the first renter to not qualify you must have facts you can back up and document heavily. 

Equity split will depend heavily on the relative portion of equity investors are bringing to the table.

The credit score is one of the best indicators of financial responsibility which is why lenders rely on it so heavily.

So it doesn’t seem to be heavily enforced if at all.

Hi Steven, as a real estate appraiser, here are my thoughts...As Brandon noted, being a (small income) residential property, sale comps are relied upon more heavily than any particular income approach (GRM, Cap rate, etc).

Media began talking heavily about the 'coming recession' in 2016 as I recall.