An offer that rises above the numerous people who say they want to start, but never do....so here's the article again.

I questioned how they reached that conclusion, and they said very simple - all debt goes to the numerator, all income (including rental income) goes to denominator, and the result is DTI.

To my understanding (having had some conversations with underwriters from several different companies)  there is nothing different between the coverage offered by Proper, Foremost, CBIZ, Allstate, Progressive, Travelers, American National, Liberty Mutual, Pure, or any of the other insurance carriers.... in fact the underwriters, E-suite, and actuaries from all of the companies hop between one another every few years.

Before I make a jump with this, I will need to collect my numbers and will throw it out for BP nation to tear apart the deal. 

Houston one of the last cities in the nation, if not the only, that doesn't have zoning regulations. 

SRS National lease group is selling the property on one acre that I am looking at

Not to mention our appreciation has been 8% higher than the US national average, because of the high demand for affordable housing.I recommend you read this article on OOS investing.

@Chris Clothier   ounce of prevention = 2 lbs of cure.If anyone reading this thread still thinks 40k turn key in ANY major metro area in the US is a good idea.. based on expert's chiming in ( which of course we all have some bias myself included) but we have numerous first time investors spending their time money etc to check out the operation and are reporting back.it has to be REALLY bad for people to get on BP and detail these trips like this..

So, national trends are not what you are likely to experience.

I knew that there was a lot that could be done with the property with numerous exit strategies should something go not as planned.