The drawback you have to fit "in the box"; 20% down +, excessive reserves requirement, specific restrictions on tradelines, assets guidelines, DTI under 43%, owner occupancy etc.. if you are open to ARMs you will have a bit more options..Also need to consider the type of property - if condo/condotel banks might not finance at all.. there are many factors to consider we do have some good outlets for jumbo, would be happy to review your scenario and give you a quote.

The larger brokerages are usually too prohibitive and costly, lots of oversight and charging a lot of excess fees in addition to hefty commission split.

They reply "repair denied" as it wasn't authorized so I told them to look at the receipt for the timestamp.

@Chantell JohnsTo start putting money into multifamily real estate, take these steps: learn first from books and the web, meet folks who've done it, look up good places on sites like Zillow and Realtor.com, get a team with real estate folks, money lenders, and fix-up crews.

Your excessive use of ALL CAPS shows your overly emotional investment to a very low stakes situation.

Brendan,In banking terms you might be "Risked out" meaning too many mortgages which equal "Excessive Tradelines" and those two things equal high risk.

Check with local Austin and Texas state authorities to see what permits or licenses you need.

Do you find their maintenance and repair fees fair or excessive?

Title refuses to release the payoff until ALL partial holders execute release because they are familiar with the problems in getting release from partial note holders.Someone HAS to have decision making authority and not rely on all partial holders to agree.  

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