I use the following criteria: Applicants minimum requirements Policy:Applicant’s gross monthly income must equal approximately three times or more the monthly rent.Applicants must be employed and be able to furnish acceptable proof of the required income.Applicants must have a credit score at or above 600.Applicants must have good references concerning rental payment, housekeeping, and property maintenance from all previous Landlords.Applicants do not have a history containing evictions.Applicants do not have a history with felony convictions.

not all realtors are created equally.

Most hard money lenders will offer these products, but not all are created equal.

. $40/month would equal only 200 skips from batchskiptracing.com.

All things being equal, I'd rather not have an HOA with fees, but a family friendly neighborhood with amenities like a pool and playground may bring in a higher rent than other comparable non HOA properties.I don't prefer an HOA, but it's not an automatic deal killer.

This is great info. 1: Is it possible to use the 100k 1031 funds I have along with say 50k of my own money to put a down payment on a side by side duplex with equally valued units? 

In fact, Partners 4 and 5 fund a small portion of the deal, do no borrowing and get an equal share if I'm not mistaken?

The DSCR 40 year is really set up to help the rents be equal to or greater than the PITI payment in order to ratio at 1.00% or greater.

Hello All:I am equally nervous and excited to start diversifying my investment portfolio by starting my real estate investment journey .

Unfortunately not, Gabriel. 1031s are quite strict, and involve equal “equity” deployed in order to persevere the gain deferral.That said, if you’re okay with realizing *some* capital gain on boot / mortgage boot, you can pull *some* cash from the 1031 exchange.