I've reached out to roughly 10 financial institutions in my area so far- I will keep calling to see if I can make any more progress in terms of finding an REI friendly lender. 

What would you be making progress toward other than a smaller loan balance?  

With that I think you are evaluating a single family in a flawed manner as far as applying a cap rate to a single family rental.

I will post information here on this thread as I make progress.  

Nevertheless, I am constantly trying to evaluate my progress and find things that I can be doing better.

Btw the 230k house in Portland that was staged, I walked into the house to evaluate the repair addendum and found a naked guy sleeping in the bed.

Currently I am interested in potentially moving into the real estate industry to work as a real estate analyst so that I can make connections, learn the business, and learn to evaluate real estate for good deals.

As I began evaluating housing options for when my lease ends in August, I slowly fell into an internet rabbit hole that took me from looking at renting a single room, to buying a house and renting the spare room(s), to debating a live-in duplex/triplex investment, all in the name of getting my monthly housing expenses down (and maybe even turned into a monthly housing income?).

Evaluating GRM and Market rental rates.

Listen to the podcasts on your commute, read the blogs and keep us updated on your progress/ask us questions using these forum posts.Best of luck to you!