I imagined this was somewhere along the lines of 5% of the purchase price, basically the tenant buyers down payment for the house. 

But if I use my psychic abilities, I would imagine you have taken some time to research each property and have calculated your numbers (ARV, holding costs, repairs costs, MAO). 

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Your imagination is the only restriction.

I imagine that owning a bit of RE there has not been too, too hard on you....It sounds like you're well aware of the advantages of frugal living.  

I starting imagining myself as a land lord, owning property in different neighborhoods. 

If you choose to stay at a hotel, I would imagine you could deduct that expense, provided it was a reasonable distance from your actual residence.

I specialized in apartment rentals city-wide (imagine something like sales showings, minus the convenience of MLS and client exclusivity) and property management, which in tandem prepared me to provide an accurate market analysis to potential local investors looking at rental income.

Imagine the listing agent getting an email from an agent they haven't talked to on a property they haven't seen or shown for an FHA at 40% below asking price.

A call center type approach is very impersonal which probably works fine for large complexes but I don't imagine it would be as appealing to tenants in small multis or SFRs.