We prettied her up, gave her a new sewer, new roof, new garage roof, cleared out a ton of junk, and put this into production in 2020.

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Some of these include:1) Your product/value proposition2) Marketing/Management/Customer Success3) Systems, Automations, Efficiency4) LocationTo me, #1 has the biggest weight on the success. 

Even for Fannie/Freddie products, to qualify, the trust must be an Inter Vivos Revocable Trust.  

It just blows my mind the mass delusion going on in the US with people nowadays.

A HELOC can work for this, but keep in mind it has a variable rate, so it isn't the best product for keeping a balance long term. 

Speak to multiple lenders and see who can give you the most favorable terms and loan product.

There are also no ratio products that do not require the property to debt service.

But nowadays, it often seems that's all there is in the way of new blood in the field.

Because competition is getting stiffer nowadays, I have to beat the competition to those motivated sellers and offer value along with it.