You owe it to yourself to check out Tru Realty, founded by Realtor/Investor Sarah Richardson.

I use to say no washer and you can keep the drier in the basement but then I found out that they would wash their cloths in the bath tub.

@Constance Rahming If you're looking for residential MFH (2-4 units), you should be able to use BP calculators found under Tools/Calculators/Rental Property.

The price was great, but I found it a nerve-wracking process the first time because it is so different to purchasing through the traditional channel. 

While I am not opposed to that, I am confident there are plenty of great deals in our state - we just haven't found them.Second, I want to ensure my financial analyses are as accurate as possible for each property, mainly my assumptions around estimating expenses.

If you are getting a loan as a primary residence you must intend to occupy the property as your residence. if you buy and say you are buying it as your residence but the whole time you are planning to basically not live in it, that is  lying and could get you in trouble for mortgage fraud. you may not get caught, but if you do it is taken seriously, beside legal trouble lender could call the mortgage due if they found out you were lying.

From what I have found properties in this area usually rent for about $1400. 

I found one called ( Rainbow Knolls) old subdivision platted in the 20s but because it was under one common ownership  ( 104 lots) assessor on the assessors plat map showed it as a 15 acre tract.. we made an offer like it was one building lot.. then we got our HML to put 104 individual loans on each lot to the tune of 3k per lot we used that 300k to build all the roads and infrastructure.. we recorded each loan individually which caused the assessor to reestablish the plat. without having to go through the platting and land use .. planners did not like it I can tell you.. but now a days out west this is quite common and there are easier ways to do this.. in Oregon for instance they call it a lot confirmation.. there are all sorts of shadow lots lying underneath lots in the city.. takes 60 days and a few hundred bucks and a current survey and you can split lots as long as there is a shadow plat that was recorded back around the turn of the century. 

I found a house D4$ and got in contact with the seller. 

I’ve found better quality hoods, fans, and lighting fixtures cheaper than the big stores or than my contractor can find them.