I think it's easy for "everything east of the 205" to get stigmatized (being a Portland native, I find myself part of this sometimes and work really hard to fight it).

Will it earn enough to pay for itself, will I need a machine for each unit so I don't have the "Susan upstairs is hogging the machine on every weekend and she don't even work during the week" fights, etc.  

The DSCR metric assures the lender that the property will be self-sustaining and that's paradise compared to fighting the DTI of conventional.Your exit plan is FMV based upon cashflow so all you need to do is provide the last years PnL and the buyer takes that to his lender to get you the Pre-Approvial letter. 

There is an old saying "you can't fight city hall".

People are wise to fight for your services *Hey BP here's a tip for you- Linda like to be partnered in on deals...she'd rather work with you than just for you, so have a big project that your really need someone system and detail oriented???

Also for me I am a little funny.. when I pay anything like a credit card at a restaurant with a tip or whatever I also make the number even.. so with my mortgages  lets say the mortgage is 1225  I always rounded up to 1300- or 1500... on my personal home I rounding up by a few grand a month... this served me well when the crash happened the home I was living in I had almost paid off in 7 years .. so I had enough equity in it to sell it and get a big wad of cash ( tax free on the gain of course) to live to fight another day.. if I stayed at constantly pulling cash out and reinvesting..

This is your first house sale, but if you want to be in the business long term, then it won't be your last house, so take the emotion out of it and think if your time and energy would be better spent fighting this guy or looking for and working on new deals to make you way more than you'll spend to get this person out of your life.  

Depending on your state's landlord-tenant laws, you could be able to fight the deduction from your security deposit if it wasn't properly documented.

Copious amounts of coffee.6am - Off to my office where I check my bank accounts, investment accounts and email.Check Facebook for a few minutes and fight the urge to get into fight about politics.Turn off my computer, pick up whatever real estate book I'm reading and spendthe next several hours studying, taking notes and researching.Around 9:30 or  10 I eat breakfast and start work.After reading other's posts, I feel like I should be drinking more tea and meditating or something healthier.

Reduce the number of people staying in the house (easier wear & tear) and less fighting for bathroom