Biggest challenge was I tried to do too much myself, failed a lot, but in the end learned a ton to be better for future projects and still made money.

I've done some research on deal analysis and seem to be struggling to find the right area for a good cash flow property. 

They can sometimes cost a few thousand, but the reports are substantive and go all the way from commercial comparables to traffic analysis.

Just picked a random sub 100k SFH as my tonight's analysis on greater Dayton OH area.  

That drives a lot of the analysis as well.

@Nathan McQueen I would request that your property manager so a fresh rental analysis to ensure you are priced appropriately.

That way they can use projected rental income to make the DTI situation look more favorable. 

I haven't contacted any PM companies yet either, I am really hoping to do this one on my own but from what I've read it's still a good idea to include it in your analysis just in case one day I decide to go that route.

Agreed that it's much easier to project cash flows via value-add properties and maintain that control you mentioned.

The project has been going well.A couple months after closing on the 15 unit, the broker brought us a pocket listing that he had just come across.