(First time was pre-offer inspection that drove us away - on a new build.)

Then, roll the excess into rentals.I like your plan for keeping your exit strategy flexible for each acquisition.

I really appreciate the feedback and will check out the Etsy options for pre-built spreadsheets.

We do a lot of self employed loans and we can take your investment income in your pre approval.

Would it be beneficial to have a pre rehab appraisal to borrow the money for the rehab and then a post rehab appraisal to get the maximum amount of capital for the next property?

Take it with a big grain of salt - I saw a property tagged with HIGH RISK of HEAT due to a 200% increase of days over 100F in the next 10 years....going from ONE per year to ...drum roll...TWO days per year.

If they get burned they have a few bucks to keep rolling to find an actual buyer.

Congrats on your pre-retirement @Robin Smith ! 

I most want to avoid spending considerable time showing units in-person to prospective renters, esp. before we've pre-screened them.

Your the person who wants to sell and pre-qualifying your prospective buyers and yourself is really not a sound approach.