It's been no issue building my portfolio with him and I'm hesitant to change this variable.I did get a sweet deal with one company once due to it being an auction deal and you had to use a specific lender (Nationstar I think it was) and I had to write a letter about why I have so many houses, prove that I was moving because of x, y and z, etc.

Probably right now the sweet spot are homes in this area that were built in 2007-2010 timeframe.That's probably not what you want to hear and you probably won't follow our advice, but those are my thoughts.

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My broker turned me on to RC back in Feb of 2011 and we had a couple conference calls and email with Brad Sweet at RC.

The B/B+ class is right in the sweet spot of cash flow (as the primary goal), moderate appreciation potential (icing), and exit flexibility (back-up plan), which is where we like to be.

I'll try to keep this short and sweet. 

With another 12-24 month to build up history, 3-5 years seems to be the "sweet spot".

To convince them of this method, I would have to make the deal sweet for them as well. 

Sweet, Thanks for the post @Mike Conner 

A duplex is the sweet spot that gets you the best of both worlds.