Here's a blog post I wrote about why: 5 Reasons Why I Love Section 8 Rental Properties

@Tairsa Mathews I actually just published a blog about this topic today.

That'll be debt coverage ration which usually needs to be >1.25.Best thing is to call a mort broker and ask for a couple of minutes - Way better than blog posts no matter how helpful they want to be.

If you haven't considered an full initial analysis of a rental, take a look at my blog post from a while back explaining how I go about it:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/6815/45137-my-...Hope that helps!

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

Here's a link to a guide we wrote last year on setting your written screening criteria, might be useful:https://www.rentecdirect.com/blog/2015/10/how-to-create-written-screening-criteria/

Came across sites and blogs saying they provide loans for real estate start up/property purchase " Private Money Lender" Hard Cash Lender" etc...

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Please see the post on my blog from yesterday and pm me if you have any questions.