But I could take them all and sell of the SFR's down the road and cash in that way.What I know is the rent rolls, the taxes, the insurances, the maint man cost (but not material costs), the lawn care costs.

i see many saying search MLS by financing type, but unless I am looking at the wrong thing that option is not available for the Hampton Roads area of VA.

This includes the line going out to the road and the line coming throught out the house.

So in case you needto hire someone to manage for you down the road, you should make surethe property will still cash flow.I've used conventional loans for my first few properties because it'sa little safer/conservative and the interest is lower.

You are the second time someone recommends that so I'm really going to look into that down the road. thanks again Minka.

I would much rather improve the property with a tenant in place so when they do move out years down the road, I have easy work and can even skip all vacancy by having a happy tenant to will leave it clean and have an updated well maintained unit to rent it away for top dollar.

Speaking in general as a business strategy, I want to find out what is available and what bottlenecks we will run into a year or five down the road by following this path. 

So more than half of Americans not only can not budget more than a few months down the road, but is living paycheck to paycheck,"  What does this pool of renters mean to landlord screening and the future of reliable tenants?

My partner actually lives directly across Campbell Road from UT D. 

So the time you spend planning or scheduling maintenance can add big dividends down the road and prevent larger repairs.Best of luck