Popular markets often include beach towns, mountain retreats, and areas with strong tourism.It’s also important to research local regulations, occupancy rates, and management costs to make sure the numbers work.

Most PM's in Columbus will charge you 7-10% of gross rent as PM fee's + maintenance costs. 

I would also send the insurance company this same letter and tell them they are going to be responsible for the cleaning and repair cost.

Most cost segregation firms will provide a free cost/benefit analysis quote to help you determine if the tax benefits from the study will outweigh the costs.

I see too many investors now, put a significant amount of money in rehab costs and over leverage themselves on hard money loans with low down payments, their properties are not selling and they are lucky to just payoff their current hard money loan via a DSCR refinance. 

Of course have your costs researched first bc the buyer will want to know how much it will cost them to buy.

A friend and I created one recently:https://drive.google.com/file/...It was meant to compare costs between different lenders, but you can use it to just see costs from one lender as well.

For a 30 year Conventional loan, I'm at 6.5% rate (6.808% APR) for a duplex, 95% LTV, 780+ FICO, owner occupant.And I'm assuming they're paying $2k of your closing costs - not your down payment.

That way the lender has an idea what it is you are doing and cost.

It costs roughly $100/mo but is well worth the expense.