This is where the bank generally gets notice Title was changed. 

Make sure you have enough saved up not only for the down payment but also closing cost, plus some reserve in bank accounts or in other investment accounts!

Bank accounts, stocks, all assets. 

I work with a small regional bank that maybe has 20 branch locations across 2 states.

But the struggle is real right now…  It will be challenging to find banks that will lend with less than 20% down.

Alternatively, there are high-yield online savings accounts like Marcus or others - the difference is that banks have some inherent risk, thus the FDIC insurance. 

This might be a silly question but have you ever been successful in getting the developer to finance it for you versus a bank or other loan?

We want to avoid letting money just sit in the bank account when we know we could be making it work for us.

For example, bank accounts we control and specific investor capital accounts are all tracked in this same software.For our investor reports, each month we download spreadsheets, write a narrative for the month's performance and then export it all to a PDF.

Banks also won’t loan less than 50k on a home loan period.