My assumption is my credit utilization and mix dropped but honestly above 740 who cares.  

The manual is your best friend, because its customer some what built around to be user friendly.

Sometimes being in a trade gets busy and its hard to get out to give estimates for new customers on buildings they dont even own yet especially if they expect a free in depth estimate immediately.

My assumption is that when honing in on a deal the process goes like thisFind a property, then based on the initial photos, what is a roughly estimated rehab cost? 

The most conservative assumption is to use purchase price as appraised value, but most other comps are lower without rhyme or reason for methodology.

I am a loyal Kwikset Smartkey customer for my long term rentals, but the bad reviews on their smart locks kept me from using them.

Of course the potential returns (IRR, COC, EM) will initially draw the attention of an investor, but what's more important is how they plan to balance the risks/returns such as assumptions in underwriting, how they plan to execute the business plan, and the track record of the management team.  

Thank you, I will look more into them as I am already a customer with that institution.

All you have to do is be patient, provide a good product, marekt it well online with great pictures, communicate to prospective tenants about great customer service and the good tenants will come and stay!

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