If you are buying in a resort or rural area it's likely an AVM will not be available and be too low in valuation to work.

Tread carefully wherever you buy as there are unforeseen HOA management risks in addition to the special assessments for delayed maintenance and building insurance skyrocketing. 

Might make sense.A place like Frisco or Prosper might show a very low % of renters as there are very few apartments there.

Have an idea of the limits you want quoted     - Building - cost to rebuild    - Contents: do you have any business property there (appliances that are not built-in,         maintenance equiptment, furnishings in common areas) - what is the cost to replace them    - Business Income:  What is the total rents minus the costs that don't continue    - Liability:  What limit are you looking for2.

I understand that I can deduct repairs and maintenance, though not improvements.  

Is the FHA/Low Down Payment type product still the way to go?

Inventory is so low in Milwaukee, that sellers don't need to give much of a discount.

With interest rates back to normal after a decade of being low and house prices up, it is going to be harder to find places that cash flow. 

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Sister's rent amount, term (date of refinance), mortgage payment responsibility, insurance responsibility, utilities responsibility, tenant selection responsibility (since this will be a multifamily property), property management responsibilities including repairs, maintenance...2.