If you are looking to develop investigate opportunity zones. 

I just watched a video where they showed how they got a preliminary ARV in just a few minutes. 

Without getting into the weeds here, we: review free preliminary application, proceed to tenant-paid credit/background check, proceed to lease and payment.

This whole ordeal lasted about 2 weeks, and was due to some field investigator that supposedly came to my house while I was at work and my father that lives with me since his stroke answered the door.  

To be honest, the more I learn about "creative financing" and the more I investigate properties in the area I think multi-units are the way to go.

If you gave the broker permission to run your credit, you owe the broker.Joe Gore The appraisal hasn't been done, I haven't signed anything other than did a preliminary pre-approval.

Abe, you are getting some really good advice here, I am contractor and home inspector and would highly recommend you add interNachi  to your list of programs to investigate.

With you living in one of the Units, if the expected gross rent return for the other three Units totals near 1.5% of purchase price per month (or even more), then I reckon that would be worthy of deeper investigation! 

Knowing these two pieces of information you can determine whether the properties in that area can generate a positive cash flow using a tool I developed for making what I call a quick investigate/forget decision.

It has some preliminary questions we can rate just by reading through the application to get to a subtotal.