There is a method or style that fits any and all lifestyles, time or money constraints, risk tolerance, etc.

It's all about your location and your risk tolerance.

Different CPAs have different tolerance levels for this sort of thing.

If you put real world costs to these questions, I think you will drive to the answer that matches your risk tolerance.

The answer just "depends" on a number of factors such as your risk tolerance, financial stability, and so on.

And I just have zero tolerance for any service business that acts as though they are doing you a favor by doing business with you.

You're right, it is dependent upon the economics and housing conditions of each local market, the grade of the property and neighborhood, the risk tolerance and stage of life of the investor, the time the investor has to devote, a million things.In the areas here, I'm targeting 3%/mth gross rent return on 2/1 SFRs, 2.75% on 3/1's, and 2.50% on 3/2's.

Over the course of 30 years, your million dollar morgage is fixed at 4% while #1,2,3,4 continues to rise building upon your networth over time.Everyone has their own risk tolerance but for me I would not want to leverage beyond $2.5M on my investment properties if I am holding $1,000,000 in cash.

He works with a lot of different owners and management companies to lease their properties and I'm sure they all have their different tolerances for renter quals, so like what Steven Hamilton II said, I should probably give him a list that says reject if : they don't make 3x the rent, length of employment less than one year, and so on.

They don't generally have ill intentions but aren't aware sometimes of the ramifications seemingly minor actions have on the property.The answer for me is lots of on-boarding and coaching, some tolerable inspecting, open communication and trying to align their interests with mine.