If you are further, you'll have to work hard to entice folks to drive the extra mile. 

Kareem, We are an REI firm in Scottsdale and do anywhere from 2-4 deals a week wholesale and we have realtors that use our data and ringless voicemail to get interested sellers to call them, marketing is a relentless task but eventually you will build your pipeline.Anyway good luck!

You can build your model up to be much more complicated, I use the BRRR method so mine accounts for a few extra variables that I’ll mention later.3.Prepare your data.Running lots of scenarios does not mean that you get to skip on the due diligence to understand your costs.

I went to the Zoning Board to ask for an additional two units and got shot down, getting ready to go back to ask for just 1 extra unit.

Not only is that an occupancy violation but specifically marketing your property as student housing violates fair housing.I wish landlords followed the law, because putting the extra occupants in the property crowds parking on the streets and overwhelms them with traffic.

I'd be happy to share more data and help with your search.

Make sure that you are well capitalized and the you are being conservative in your underwriting (by conservative, I mean actually looking at historical data to back you assumptions).

Every persons tax situation is different, but is there some kind of rule of thumb to determine when the extra cost of CPAs are outweighed by the savings of a larger tax return?

Cut all extras you don't need to survive. 

From what they have told me, they enjoyed the extra monthly rent to help pay the mortgage payment.