@Patricia Steiner excellent advice!

@Vinney Chopra 's book is also excellent.

Chris Of all the banks I have gone to - small / big / coops - you have a selected who do financing on investment properties and than if they are condos and are nowarrantable the number reduces further.

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I am a physician with excellent personal credit, so qualifying for loans up to this point hasn't been a problem. 

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It is very much appreciated.Have an excellent day!

Finding out their motivation then working around that in your deal is excellent. 

The criteria for a lot of people when selecting an agent is: "who do I know that is a real estate agent?... 

Excellent advice!