It also felt like they are pulling from something that talks to the bigger management companies with larger MFH and lower-end SFH, whereas my area is mostly mom and pop operator with SFH and the BP calc wasn't differentiating.

PPI, the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, popped up last month, and PCE, CPI and PPI have been resilient to up in the face of the fastest interest rate increases in history and Quantitative Tightening, where the Fed stops buying corporate and government debt to reduce liquidity in the economy and slow financial markets.

I will say that the returns are a lot better and it is nice that the money is liquid in case I have do have some major expense like a roof or AC pop up.

For me, I prefer to physically visit the different neighborhoods in the area that I plan to buy in as well as look at online crime & census tools (employment, pop. growth) 

These pros often have direct access to property owners and can recommend your services whenever opportunities pop up.So, cozy up to these professionals.

All so that a tenant that notices you’re a mom and pop and not a PM company can forget to mention their Great Dane ESA until they’re moving in. 

Buy new from a local Mom and Pop who beat or match Home Depot/Lowes.

Use bright LED in all of your lights so the photos pop. 

Again, others might feel differently here.3) property level due diligence: (takes seconds to weeks per deal): here is where I drill in with the low-level details.a) pro forma popping: I examine all the assumptions, and see if they are overoptimistic or not.

I am not quite sure what this means yet, but I was thinking more along the lines of @Evan Polaski and pretty much treating this like it is owned by a mom and pop where good records tend to not be kept.