You will need to carry the entire PITI in the numerator of your debt ratio.

@Aaron Corleone I've been called in to rent a property while it's being marketed for sale numerous times.  

There are numerous ways to figure out a range, but this is one of the easiest, but it's just one of many.

I have spoken to numerous banks and they all agree that if you have enough equity in your residence then it is perfectly acceptable to use a HELOC as your down-payment on an investment property.

I've read books and listened to a numerous amounts of podcasts (Joshua Dorkin & Brandon Turners) but I can't seem to find any that give the young ambitious minds a good insight on how to start out at such a young age.Currently the only thing I've been able to start is real estate classes.

Hi all,I never purchased the multi-family investment and I want to get into this type of an investment.I red numerous post regarding the multi-family, but I was wondering if I can get help on what to watch for in multi-family deals in following categories while searching or during the process of offering, or buying; financial standpoint (difference from SFR), structural standpoint (what to inspect), landlord standpoint, and repair standpoint.Also if there is anything else I should watch out for while looking for or proceed to buy a multi-family property that does not fit above categories, please advise me.Thank you so much for your time.William Dorough

Focus on quality over quantity as you build your system and be on the look out for ways to improve what you do as you proceed.

This can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by testimony from Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Residents of the development.The partners and the bank have tried on numerous occasions to contact this partner and discuss options to rectify the problems leading up to this disaster, and he has not responded with any of the information requested.That being said I do not have a copy of any operating agreement, so I am simply going by what the other partners have informed me of.Thanks for the input.

It displays rentals from information taken from numerous websites, but does it by location and is easy to use.

For neighborhoods, I use a numeric scale from 1-10 where 10 is Mr.