Our buy [box] is small but dang it's tough out there. 

Here are some practical steps and strategies to consider:## Single Family and Small Multifamily HomesWhen looking at single-family and small multifamily homes in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, make sure to analyze the local market trends, rental yields, and property appreciation rates.

. - will it influence property taxes once we move to conventional loan in 3 yrs? 

You won’t find many seller-financing deals here, so if you're looking to scale quickly, your next best option is the BRRRR method—using cash or hard money to acquire properties and DSCR loans to refinance into. 

It's the second Wed of every month, a small group of people and variety of investor experience levels.

The best example of that--and one every small business owner should consider--is a self-rental grouping from Reg.

I make loans on Memphis properties for investors.

In our commercial loans we still had 1 to 2 years on our 5 year balloon periods.  

I would never work with them again because the small discounts just is not worth the headache.

Several months in, what they were really saying is "We are going to help you squeeze every dollar out of your guests when you have the opportunity."