If the borrower defaults, under state/fed regs, it can take 9-12 months to get the property titled back in your name, so you need reserves to make 12 months' of payments without income while you foreclose and evict the buyers.Fourth: legal.

The grass was long and the shrubs and trees had grown into many parts of the chain link fence.

Much greener grass out there.

And Navy Fed has always had a 100% option available for military.

High grass, boarded windows, peeling paint, no electrical meter.

Now our property and the properties of other owners who were fed up make good returns.

You can put whatever you want in your lease, but if the grass is too long, the city will fine you, not the tenant. 

It is not functional so instead of fixing it I plan on removing it completely and filling in the area with grass. 

I found Vectra Bank located in Colorado but also Pen FedCredit Union, they both offer up to 80% on an investment property and I believe Vectra is prime + .5 and Pen Fed is prime + 1. 

I can usually tell if the house is vacant if the grass is over grown and newspaper and mail has piled up.