If you analyze what is advertised to you especially off the MLS then you aren't going to find "a deal". 3.

If you aren't working with an investor focused lender like @Jose Valdovinos or @Zack Karp - you need to get with them immediately.  

Mortgages aren’t necessarily a bad thing, especially when they’re tied to assets like real estate, which generally appreciates over time.

They have utilized a number of financing approaches including: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Tax Credits, Conventional, Grants through Duluth Economic Development Authority (DEDA), Duluth Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Assistance.Sharon Brown with Duluth's Life Safety office is a great resource as well when dealing with blighted properties.

For those of you that do an online application or furthermore just a simple "form" that is completed online, how do you go about acquiring and subsequently providing proof of obtaining such authorization without a signature?

Amazing, and yet, they willy nilly cancel reservations when there aren't disasters and then they make you jump through hoops to prove there is one!  

Being trustworthy and proactive are huge, you know a property manager is great when you know they will do the right thing when no one else is around and they do things when they aren't asked.

We aren't negative people; we are responding negatively to the barrage of cult-like reviews.

I’m also curious as we aren’t seeing many buy and hold investors lately.

If your policy doesn't cover flood or wind and the loss of income is caused by flood or wind you aren't covered.