Most rate changes happen in intervals of  and ideally, you'll want a + for competitive rates.

Over the past few years, competition for good deals has been the toughest since we started lending, and we've turned down more deals than ever before.If the initial numbers meet our criteria, we always visit the property.

Yes, you need amenities to stay ahead of competition and the more you stack the better!

Why would I create competition for myself when I can help somebody else find a market that works the same, and I was keeping it simple if people want to learn, they can ask me what they wanna know and I can simply give them a straight answer.

You'll also get access to off market deals that typically have less competition. 

My understanding is that they find credit unions to lend and they seem to get very competitive interest rates.

I just got 900 for a 1 br in EC, and 1700 for a 4 br in Lee Harvard, tenant pays ALL.I dont want to get into a whose rent is bigger than whose competition, I'm sure you'll win. 

We have a chronic housing shortage, which results in an extremely hot rental market, but it also makes buying very competitive.

This was about competition. 

Additionally, my renovations are full guts anymore, which helps limit some competition and allows me to push the ARVs relative to other houses for sale in the neighborhoods.Admittedly, this doesn't necessarily create substantially more deal flow.