Once you start stacking more and more property loans into your personal name, it can bleed into your personal credit worthiness.This bit me in the butt when I wanted to refinance my own house when rates were in the 2% range.  

I assumed that shopping around for the best interest rate would be good enough.

There is a lot more to it than the rate.

Expect a higher rent rate, but also higher turnover and longer vacancies.I've rented to dozens of traveling nurses and would say about 50% of them were nuts.

I’m thinking with a 2.25% rate, that’s a good mortgage to hang on to if it performs well as a rental.

Here is some key information:Property recently hit the market and has 2 cash offers alreadyThe seller provided a pre-inspection report, which I shared with 2 different lenders, both think it may fail conventional financing due to potential structural and electrical issues (realtor thinks it could pass conventional)Seller has 100% equity but is behind on other payments (not sure of the urgency money is needed)This is my first attempt at an “investment” property so I’m new to thisI see 3 optionsMove forward with an offer using conventional loan pre-qualification-Not as attractive of an offer to the seller-Possibility that appraiser calls out structural/electrical issues that need to be fixed before closing, effectively causing financing to fail- Best terms and fewest loan fees for meUse a rehab style loan such as ChoiceRenovation-Even less attractive than a conventional offer to seller, but less risk of failed financing if appraiser calls out issues-Slightly worse fees and interest rates compared to conventional-Lenders tell me possibly up to 60-90 days closing in some cases, with red-tape for contractor requirements and draw schedules (sounds like the most hoops to jump through during rehab)Use a hard money lender-Most attractive loan option I can give to seller so I can compete-Much higher fees and interest rate for me-need to refinance into a conventional at the end of rehab (not familiar with seasoning periods but I think this is a factor as well)Which option would you do?

I would search for a property that has a low interest rate Fha or VA loan.

We own the mortgage company so the rate was below market as always.

He's got the #1 investor podcast in your area, his property management company is first rate, and he's a great guy.

Get a good cap rate basically covers your financing and ideally 20% more for maintanance, prop management fees.