Sure, if your only driver right now is short-term cash flow, you just have to compare the cash-flow of one property with a smaller mortgage to two (or three) properties that are all much more leveraged. 

I realize Denver is a mad house right now but there are deals out there...

I also agree that the cost to develope is the main driver.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

I saw this article today on the WSJ Web new roles for Uber drivers (scouting potential targets for a house flipper)https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-drivers-seek-extra-cash-working-for-house-flippers-11559035802?

Hey BP I'm a 20 year old student at UK studying finance and computer science and I work at Dayton Freight as a forklift driver part time.

If he's living with his Mom, owns a separate property and wants to buy another (and his driver's license and bank statements and tax returns and paystubs all show his Mom's address) and the first one isn't an FHA, he should be able to get an FHA loan or a regular Fannie/Freddie type loan.Stephanie

People should be mad at the lender, not the appraiser, when the appraisal piece kills the deal.

Some online banks accepted scanned drivers licenses and copies of utility bills to prove primary residence, but many brick and mortar banks said I MUST be in person signing which wasnt worth me flying out just to sign 1 paper.2.