@Jake Peterson @Brandon Turner has a couple good recommendations for deciding if you're in a good location in his book "The book on rental property investing"... he gives a few different tools to search withCrime stats - www.crimereports.com Schools - www.greatschools.orgjobs versus unemployment - he said he uses www.city-data.com drug use in the area the overall look of the neighborhood done by just driving around

Most long term lenders are pretty strict on the DSCR after all that is how they count on getting paid and work off the properties history not potential rent.

If you have 10% or more service connected disability, your funding fee is waived, and it is the best deal in history.   

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It's important to get as close to real-world numbers as possible when doing a detailed analysis, and it's reasonable to ask the seller about rent history. 

While I do not have any kids, I would like to buy a place close to good schools for purposes of resale value. 

I'm the only one working because my mother fell ill and my brother is still in high school.

You can be fined and lose credit access for failing to obtain proper authorization before investigating an applicant's credit history.

@Douglas Snook  got it thanks  real Old school.... now I know why I get these frantic calls when I am funding buys on the east coast.. they want to know when will be there at the closing..

Real Estate school here i come.