We have spoke to banks in the past and its challenging to find ones that will do a C/A on a first but the ones that would consider it would not do it on a 2nd.

My investment partners and I have made considerable investments in Mount Airy over  the past few years, worked with a number of brokers on acquisitions and can honestly say not a single one has been able to effectively articulate our neighborhood investment thesis which tells you how challenging the neighborhood is. 

Hey Marc, speaking from the BRRRR lending side of things I don't see any deals that our team has closed in Winchester, VA in the past few years.

What are your feelings on West Humboldt Park, how far past Homan say? 

When I have asked the management company about the HOA board in the past they always fail to respond.

Hi Nicholas, I'm based in the Seattle area but have been investing out of state for a past few years.

In reference to the recent bubble burst as an anomaly and not the rule, you can still safely assume that real estate prices will continue to climb over time even though more modestly than in the past.

Basically, from what I've seen (and this is purely anecdotal), they're not really going to go out past one, maybe two miles, unless there simply is no truly comparable property.

And I take the worst recession I can find in the recent past.

This is for my 1 bed 1 bath unit and for the past 6-7 months, I had it blocked off on Airbnb because I had a mid term tenant in there.