It just made sense for grow faster, and I knew trustworthy people who invest there.An international cellphone plan, many many phone calls, BP forum posts asking for insight and a lot of research over 6 months, and I had a team set up, THIS.

Here's our standard advice post to owners:In our experience, the #1 mistake landlords make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.

Is there some sort of industry standard for getting rough rental estimates? 

As a standard protocol before closing we had done our walk-through on a three family house hack in northern NJ.

Your agent should have been on top of both of these because in CT where I am this is a standard part of any closing and I am assuming WI is probably similar. 

Yes, the processing time is a killer, but I cannot let it become a deal killer.I may need to use one of my hard money people to buy the property to stop the clock, then look at either doing a real estate contract with them or a standard purchase from them. 

I will add that your thought on what defines a bedroom in Mpls is not correct, and I suggest you review the city information for landlords as it details what requirements must be meet to be considered a legal bedroom by rental license standards. 

Because I live there, I got a standard conventional conforming loan. 

I would love to review both appraisals; I deal with this all the time - as an agent and as an investor.Our single family rental properties are very similar, same age, size, same finishes, same kitchen, same flooring - we have a standard.

This is industry standard, so many brokers/advisors simply work as part of investor relations, so fees aren't increased by working via a broker.