However, after reflection, I realized I was becoming too emotionally attached to my first investment after a 15-year break and faced challenges finding reliable contractors.Update (5/17/23):After three failed contractor attempts, I finally secured a reliable one.

I hired roichamps dot com to do cold calling for me. They use a list of 10000 contacts (they did skip tracing, I ordered high equity/absentee owner list). I am getting between 0 to 1 "warm" leads per day. Since 8/30 I...

@Aaron Gallington- thanks ...if you dont need to complete the refinance now - I would wait for a little bit ....you might get fully approved for the new loan with a lender to make sure you are able to get the loan but  hold off on locking a rate and completing the loan until rates drop a bit more ...if you are able to obtain conv financing - go this route as  75% ltv should be available and  rates / fees  should be much better than a  DSCR program - thanks 

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