Ideally, find a partner with experience so they verify the deal is solid & can help you manage the deal properly.

I know how buying a house for a primary residence can become an emotional decision which increases the amount a person is willing to pay... but with attempting to pick up a long-term buy and hold, at least in my experience, the profitably is largely determined at purchase (and of course subsequent to this, proper tenant screening and management of the property).

This is easy to do by having them provide recent photoshoots for you to compare.

It's a very easy conversation to have.

Have they been easy to work when comes to the refinance on the back end?

But even those can be penetrated for a variety of reasons if not properly setup and maintained.Just my 2 cents on that

If you want legal access to MLS to run your business, it is easy enough to just get licensed. 

Its easy to lose track of how much one SHOULD have in the bank because its hard to leave money sitting and not working for you.I understand there are many variables such as age of house, age of roof, age of furnace, etc. 

I am using it to point out how easy and passive it could be to achieve a better return than you would save by paying down a conventional home loan early.Maybe @Joe Villeneuve can explain it better.Good luck

I'll go first. 1. 1% rule (easy and so efficient)2.