Your bank is going to want to see the financial data for then to base off a DSCR.

I recommend increasing it 10 - 15% because people have a tendency to squander utilities when they don't see the bill each month.

They will allow you to see the bigger picture overall.

Giving up a guaranteed increase in value with them using their own capital to increase the square footage would seem like a no brainer, but how much are you losing if you remove the drive thru and can't put it back.I would talk to commercial brokers and other owners in your area to see the value of a drive thru.

Can't really see the metal wall from my house but you can see the roof to the commercial building as you're driving in and in the winter the trees provide less cover - although there is a very high and nice privacy fence to separate. 

Thanks for the response Tyler, only issue is, financing is provided based on the deal, and this is where I'm stuck. when you say have the financing ready to jump on any good deal, I hear you and agree with you, but like I said, debt or equity investors would want to see the deal first before signing any agreements.

I dont see the reasoning that if rates go up , sellers price goes down . ( unless its a distress sale ) .

If it was lack of waterproofing (and the bath is on a second floor) then you are not likely to see the issue on the bathroom floor but in the ceiling below the bathroom.  

We didn’t start working with a CPA until we had rental units as we didn’t see the need to before but if you have questions or are looking for tax advice/strategies it doesn’t hurt to start that relationship early. 

Thank you Ned, that is exactly right, we actually check a condo/townhouse about 2 weeks ago, the thing was a condo with a basement, I cannot tell if it was a condo or townhome, anyway, the ceiling in the first floor was bowing, the 2nd floor, one of the bedroom was sinking, could not tell how this damage was done but the walls came apart from the floor, you could see the roof of the unit bowing inwards towards the structure a bit, and their "general contractor" estimate that for 5k they could straighten the property and level everything, even 1 window and 1 door looked so uneven that you would think  there was something wrong with your eyes...5k for structural damage, good luck with that one, we ran as far as we could from that....but we have seen they do inflate their ARV, since we learned the hard way , we go through these deals with a magnifying glass, I knew I was not so picky, numbers do not lie.Another thing that caught my attention, which I do not know if I am overly suspicious now that I am older, but they want to get the closing for us at the same time/day they are getting the property from whoever they buying it, which it seems to me they try to save on the closing by having a "dual" closing when in reality is just 1 closing and we are the one paying for it...I do not know there are few things that do not click right with this folks.