Community bank sometimes more ideal if you're a first time home buyer as some will eliminate PMI.   

We both have VA loans (0% down) available to us and we're disabled veterans, which eliminates loan fees.

I would also be able to refinance in a year or two before moving out, but obviously that comes at a large cost and I wouldn't want to do that till I build up 20% equity to eliminate PMI.What's everyone's thoughts.

because the cap rates are so low in San Diego, the DSCR typically eliminates high LTV loans.  

It's easy for you to become the bottleneck, and I would eliminate any lead gen sources that can't be outsourced to a virtual assistant.

I have a lot to learn here and I'm not just trying to eliminate taxes but be efficient and get them the most out of using their cash for a few years. 

Because a well done repair can basically eliminate any future problems. 

The things I just mentioned almost always eliminate the cheapest fella.

I can still eliminate applications based on credit score, criminal history, poor references, no references, or evictions history. - In most of my market the voucher does not pay market rent.

On top of that, congress tax reform proposal would eliminate deducting local property taxes on the federal return, in other words I would lose a 40k tax deduction as well ... bye bye cashflow.