Check out @john white, @Jason Grey.

They are quite different than a typical lease. 3.

In the La Crosse area, typical rents are about $300-$400 per bedroom, with some obvious fluctuation by property quality.

@Creig GriffinWhat you can expect, typically, would be to put down any where from 10% - 30% on purchase. 

Also, typically they don't sell as fast. 

That's typically the way I operate.

I don't know why you're having a difficult time finding a bank to do a refinance for your investments.This is a very common and typical practice so I would suggest calling a few more banks or credit unions.

Typically 550-650.

Couple things;1) 50% expense rule typically includes all expenses including vacancy.

Typically lenders care more about your debt to income ratio.