1) Will a homeowner like the idea of an Income Producing home, but limited yard privacy Or2) would they prefer a nice private yardThank you in advance!

Locking in a fixed could be attractive even with closing costs if rates rise on a heloc.

You need (at least 40 or 50 sometimes in my case.) of individual “reasons” for income and expenses (property #1 rental income, #1 management expenses, #2 income, #2 management expense, #2 plumbing repair, #3 income, #3 management expense #3 landscaping expense #3 commission to realtor finding tenant, #4 income #4 management #4 landscaping…etc etc..) this will then either equal your deposit or have a last line that shows the amount you are out of balance where you missed an item or entered an incorrect amount.Doing this let’s you produce a report of any property’s  income or expense over any time period.

NOLO produces an excellent book, "Every Landlord's Legal Guide", that is full of practical advice and leads you to the actual state laws so you can read them for yourself.

If both strategies produce your target results, then neither are wrong.  

KeyGlee had one here a few weeks ago, and one of Ryan Pineda's students had one in October that attracted a lot of people.

Some lenders will underwrite what market rent would be if it was a long term rental regardless of what it is producing, although this is more common in commercial underwriting.  

While I liked 90% of what they did, the discarding of 10M+ sets of data and then producing vastly differing results clearly points to a problem in the study.

But many of these look unattractive for a variety of reasons.Hawaii looks fairly attractive.

Not only did I invest, but I wanted to work in the space, as I, as well as a LOT of investors out there, find it a very attractive alternative to the time and energy and expense involved with sourcing, renovating, managing these deals.