Therefore, they are added to the property's basis and recovered through depreciation deductions over time.Appraisal Costs: The costs of obtaining an appraisal for a rental property may be treated differently.

You might have several different loan options available to you depending on your needs (acquisition + rehab).

Not sure about rehab differences. 

Just as you said Arsen, that meant a higher mortgage payment, and when rent rates dropped I was not payment $3,500 out of pocket every month to cover the difference between mortgage payment and rental payments.  

Start by learning about different strategies, market trends, financing options, and best practices.

Are there any different routes we should be looking at?

All of the tenants that we rented to Section 8 got partial rent assistance and had to make up the difference themselves and we never had a tenant get 100% of rent from Section 8. 

Multifamily "commercial" is going to be different than office, industrial, retail, hotel.  

I wonder if it’s better to go with a different realtor?

There’s a big difference between a 5 minute and 10 minute walk to the beach.