Although we want to fill our new units up quickly, we do not want to invest a lot of time into the business doing collection calls; which occurs when you start a new location for about the first 3 years.

And investor friendly lenders can tell you when this occurs and how to prepare for it.As mentioned above a commercial loan won't care about your DTI but commercial loans aren't used for your primary home.  

Then lease states how payments will occur; generally ACH transfer.

Inflation Risk We've been in a low inflation world for an extended period of time, but there is always risk that increased inflation will occur.

It had not occurred to us that the order of how the money was spent was of importance to them, as long as the project was moving forward and they got paid back.

Keep in mind that your expenses will occur year-round (whether your house is rented or not), so try to invest where you can earn lots of year-round income to offset those expenses (which is typically the southern US).

I still try to talk with as many noteholders as possible, because times a closing won't occur for months or potentially years.

Maybe it's inherited properties and no one cares about them amongst other reasons.This does not result in frequent insurance claims and most insurance policy cover these type of events that's why need to have a comprehensive/complete insurance coverage to cover all the natural disasters that may occur and factor it in you deal analysis.As @Jillia Virtue mentioned, The effects of natural disasters are felt more in the Houston Downtown areas and toward Lake Charle, Louisiana.

It does make sense to me as to why taxes would remain static each year, since your tax hikes can occur from government (federal, state, local...)

As far as what I’m looking to do with it, will depend on the inspection occurring next week.