I will not post the rates for compliance reasons, but I picked an arbitrary lender and the buy-downs are below.

These situations have made me less confident in my tenant picking abilities...the bulk of our units focus on a niche market of pilots and flight attendants only and so far my recent attempts to diversify that to include a few “traditional” rentals have been one headache after another.

This might go against the grain here.... but I'd get SFH/MF mix and pick out the good ones.

If they won't accede to your view of fairness, you can pick up your marbles and go home.

I just use a simple formula for utilities/mortgage.

Which means she’d be more inclined to advise the seller to pick me since she’d get the whole commission.

I wished him the best of luck with his earnest money deposit & invited him to call me back once he realized that fake quotes don't provide shelter from the rain, only homes do, so pick which of those two things he wanted and act accordingly.

And that's why I show my property myself, it's when your nose can pick up "spoiled brat".

I'm looking for a 3/2 with 1-2 car garage, simple home, the 1% rule is somewhat close to my goals as for flow that I'm aiming for.  

My favorite method however is simple networking.