The buyer would avoid larger fees from their accounting firm to pay for all the detailed reports institutional lenders require.Here’s how the deal played out for us.

If she's debt adverse you can put larger down payments, have higher cash reserves and take the conservative route.

A single family home can only be depreciated over 27.5 year - and only the value of the building is depreciable, not the land it sits on. 

Most larger cities and those with "Home Rule" have a version of Code Enforcement.

Having a larger family is not as easy to go places!  

Second, put a larger down payment. 

I still have a W2 (Frequent travel...) so self-management isn't my plan for now.I also have a couple of pieces of property in North Georgia that I would like to build out with a small single-family home or even a manufactured home.

I started with him when he was doing turn key houses that we funded.. he gravitated to larger development deals that can be tough to place.175 parcels pre sold to a national builder who released 3 mil in EM.  22 mil contract to buy exiting first 5 mil  so we are junior but also have a collateral assignment of the purchase contract and other guarantees.. having speed an being the sole underwriter on this one ( ME) based on history( I funded 2 other developments for him one in Colorado one in GA) We got it done..

I have found the larger PM companies are more difficult to deal with.

I’ve been having more conversations with lenders lately and one theme keeps coming up:track record unlocks leverage, but no one seems to agree on what milestones matter most.For those of you who have scaled from your first MF acquisitions into larger, higher-leverage opportunities:What moved the needle with lenders the fastest?