It encompasses a variety of practices designed to minimize environmental impact and maintenance requirements.

My goal now is to get a multifamily property no more than $250,000 and put 20%-30% down, get a property manager, and put an extra $4-$5k per month into the principal to pay off the mortgage in less than 3 years, but I don’t know what state to invest in, I know Ohio is being looked at but I wouldn’t have to time to see multiple properties in person and I’m not sure how to verify the operating expenses of different properties, required repairs, etc. 

Conventional refis require 12 months of seasoning now, so many investors are using DSCR loans.

Happy to show you properties and see if it meets all your number requirements!

Use a DSCR loan - No DTI or the same red tape quasi govt loans have.20% down for a purchase and would require roughly 2-3 months reveres roughly for each REO ownedOnly target goal is make sure your market rent is 1:1 with your PITI.

I was required to add exit signs in the shared hallways / stairs, and to add interconnected heat detectors in all units, and to upgrade all smokes in all units to be hardwired, and to create 1-hour fire separations between the three units, which we accomplished by painting the ceilings and walls shared with stairwells/common halls with intumescent paint.

This requires expense, time, and marketing. 2.

If you ever plan to rehab the property and have to pull an electrical permit you could be required to do a complete rewire.

Key requirement is it must be the primary residence.  

This means I may owe US income tax on those proceeds, even though I am paying the required Kenyan taxes on the same rental income.