(generally takes 60-90 days to close an assumption)I purchased my most recent primary residence with a an assumable VA loan and am saving about $1,100 per month on my mortgage payment compared to a loan written at today's rates and I am also enjoying about 2.5x the principal paydown per month as well!!

The bigger way is through appreciation and principal buy-down.

(planning commission, BBB, town counsel members on the zoning and planning, banking references, and google all the principals). 

John Roberts Jr is a CPA and one of the firm principals.

Smith, RA - Principal Architect at Architect Owl PLLC (Licensed in NY & CT)

If so, have you ever done a buy and hold partnership deal that includes one partner invests and the other lives in as principal residence for 2+years during renovation and manages property until sale? 

Hey Joel, you will not pay tax on your principal lended.

These clauses are written into most mortgage documents and require that you pay the full principal amount of the loan at the current lender's discretion.  

Which means, as long as the total gross rent covers, the anticipated principal interest taxes, insurance - you will have a greenlight for funding, good luck!

If you are trying to put 1% down and finance $1.3M, you are looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $10k/mo just for the principal and interest.