We acquired the deal mostly for the lot, it’s a B class neighborhood in a growing city, on an excellent street. 

You also have bank statement loans where they use 12 or 24 months gross deposits of a personal or business checking account.Buying a primary home is the fastest and less expensive on the pockets to then transition into a rental in as little as 6-12 months.

Excellent plan too.

CCIM provides an excellent education in real estate finance.

That is an excellent question.

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That being said, schools ratings also change (e.g. a couple excellent elementary schools feeding into one currently low rating middle/high school will raise the rating of the middle school in the coming years as the kids advance, and vice versa).

New Investors Pay AttentionThe profit fron real estate comes from doing good solid deals, not by being cheap and cutting corners.best service, fastest turnaround, cheapestYou can only choose 2 of 3.

With fees and points and so on, their money cost me 16%, and it was a total pain to refinance to a 5% conventional mortgage.If you are going to do a deal which involves buying a house for $50k less than market price, then paying Eastside $10k to expedite the closing is totally worth it.Eastside funding are good people, and they provide excellent service. 

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