My #1 priority is steady and reliable cash-flow.

That way you can have a steady income and be learning so eventually you can go out on your own.Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

Lents hasn't followed the same narrative as other neighborhood that have rapidly gentrified, but by my math, it's had steady appreciation in its existing housing stock, as well as steady investment in renovation of individual properties.

The idea is to get enough properties working for you that you have a steady stream of cash flow.

Over that year of paying rent at the duplex, I had those Utah tenants paying rent to me every month, and when I was able to prove that income on my tax returns (and when I got a good steady job in TN), I was able to qualify for my second mortgage.

To qualify you need a steady job, good credit scores and low debt.  

If it has steady history, you might be able to find a lender.If it was only recently put into service, it might be hard to find a lender that will do it.

Is facility already at steady-state occupancy?

I like to know the "why behind the numbers"My one caveat is don't obsess too much about the numbers of the "market", as if the deal is good and the fundamentals are strong on a property and an area, the market will always adjust in cycles, though the severity of those adjustments varies tremendously from one city to the next.I tend to like boring markets in terms of appreciation, because they provide steady cash flow and I can sleep at night easier.For more basic stuff you can look at zillow and trulia's stats, although I'd take their valuations with a grain of salt. 

So the DBA and a separate bank account solved the problem.While my business income at the time was steady, hers was quite sporadic, and we don't know how good or steady it will be.