Even if you plan to move out after 12 months you might find that you aren't able to if the market shifts, so buy something you wouldn't mind living in for a few years.I'm not saying buy a bad deal, but it sounds like you are looking for a turnkey property in a hot neighborhood that cash flows.

You need to shift your focus and business model though and not be stuck as a one-trick pony.  

"Several important factors boosting rental demand include later marriage age, increased single-headed households, longer delay in having children, millennial and baby boom lifestyle shifts toward urban living.

Maybe I need a paradigm shift!

Now that im shifting all my energy from searching and analyzing to renting.

My husband works a rotating night shift, not sure if he'll be able to make the meeting, but I would love to attend.  

Our company is based in Ohio but recently expanded into the ATL markets for because of the amazing demographic shifts into the area for multifamily housing. 

We have interviewed literally over 100 banks to find the few that work well for us.Once you establish that relationship and start doing a few deals, even years into the relationship, be prepared for the bank leadership to shift gears and all of the sudden not do loans like you are doing and your financing goes away overnight.As such, always have multiple lenders because they may walk away at any minute. 

After numerous conversations and running numbers my thoughts started to shift.

Where the national median income is about 52,000 we try to be in areas approaching 100,000 or better.The marginal lower areas the cap has to be really high to insulate against a market shift.