Because it is not regulated industry like other loan types.

This industry is so much more sophisticated and has translated a slightly better mousetrap into market share.

Owning real estate is basically the same as being in the service industry and sometimes the end of a lease isn’t going to coincide with the best dates for a landlord to rent.

As an investor you need a very different mentality from a retail purchaser.

A Bank statement program would do wonders, 10% down minimum is industry standard, if you have a solid credit score,15% down will get you really good terms, however you still need to qualify DTI wise.Best of luck!

It struck me that the people leading the City of Pomona and making very big decisions about housing for its citizens, but they know very little about the housing provider business (industry) and how it works.

Why should the housing industry be completely immune to government intervention? 

I have been in the industry for 6 years now.I am looking to spread my knowledge of real estate taxation to the people that need it most.

I like these amongst ,many other right nowREXR - (Rexford) they are a niche (sub-specialist) in industrial warehouse/distribution/manufacturing in the southern California only urban or Infil area, they are not international like PLD - prologis, their MOAT is that SO-Cal has geographic limitation to new inventory, so they have rent pricing power that industrial in rest of country doesn't, also 26 million people in so-Cal and the 2 busiest Ports in country, their earning/revenue projections next few years are best in class, and they are cheaper on price to book than PLD or others, I own some and will buy a lot more in upcoming Recession, likely in next 6-12 months, when publicly traded equities will likely slide by 20-30% although their assets (physical buildings) are only going up in valueVICI- (casino REIT), used to be part of Cesars palace, then Caesars spun them out in 2018, to do sale leasebacks of their properties to take all that physical capex off the books.

.- One SFR had a tenant just move out, another is going through an eviction, so with half of the portfolio vacant, it's decision time.I'm trying to decide whether to sell them as a portfolio (at least the 3 Georgia ones as a portfolio, Iowa would probably have to be sold separately), or get the other 2 empty, fix them up and sell them all to retail homebuyers.