Actually, one of my favorite rentals is the ugly but functional rental that makes other people puke - the hoarder house; the cat-piss house; the roaches house.

-IMO, it would make the house more functional and the back area more usable. 

No offense, but your question here has proved you don’t know what you’re doing, as this is one of the most basic functions of a landlord.

Good character is not a function of income or credit score.

You could easily get three SFRs in the midwest that would function like one MF. 

BP has a vendor search function on the top bar that you can look up traditional lenders for your zip code.

CAP rates are primarily a function of interest rates and demand.

Big mistake not visually confirming they had a car .

Use the MATCH function in excel.

Awesome response Alina.I like the Warren Buffett quote and I don't even want to visualize getting nine women pregnant :)Seriously, I totally agree that it takes time and relationship building is key.Having said that, here are some "out of the box" ideas for raising capital for apartment buildings: (coincidentally, I consider myself an "outsider" as I was not trained by the apartment gurus and  am not fishing in the same pond)1.