what I'm telling people about hilltop is the only reason it's going up is because of the average housing price in columbus being pushed and the lack of inventory. when I started I'd have bought here too. if I was going to invest here I'd look at houses built after 1947 without knob and tube wiring, etc. the old housing is the problem. we are building now in downtown adjacent. land is a buyer's market and it's much less competitive and easy to get the numbers to work. there is very little construction in 43204 and I've transitioned to new construction triplex now with entitlement and larger multifamily projects feel free to message or call anytime. personally, l like new construction in 43203, 43205, 43206, 43223, 43222 right now and obviously 43215 which you have to have at least 600k in cash to get the land to entitle and want to build at least 100 units to make it worth it. 

I will be putting anywhere from 3.5%-5% down on the property so with that in mind, would y'all recommend starting with a Multi Family and reduce my living expense or with the SFH and not cash flow until year 2 when I am out of the property? 

Meanwhile prices continue to increase making the cash to invest greater to break even.

You are hoping for a lot with good appreciation and decent cash flow, but paying cash can get that done for sure.

I need to pull out cash to perform maintenance on the same property.

DSCR/ rental loan will go off strictly the cash flow of the property, in this case it would be negative DSCR if the monthly payment is $4600 on $4000 rent. 

I am simply asking to include something like, "unit has brought in rents well above market rate year over year" or "unit is cash flow positive". 

Purchase price: $260,000 Cash invested: $5,000 This was a short term lease option agreement to help the original owner get back on track with monthly payments and upgrades.

Would these types of companies prefer a cash purchase, or would seller financing be entertained?  

The extent of the research I did was that I saw the previous owner bought the land in 2007 for $37,500 and I bought it for $7,000 cash.