MOST sales are 10 to 30% down and small sampling is FHA or VA.WE will bend over backwards for VA  ( lot of folks won't deal with it because of time lines and such but we feel its our duty to help our Vets get into our homes)..

If you expand your search, you might find something that doesn't quite fit your criteria, then you're bending to get what you don't need, rather than what you actually want. 

It's understandable for people to try and get the most of what they can but you have to sometimes bend some things so everyone is happy and comes back again for business.

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone would have a recommendation for a quality home inspector in the Indianapolis/South Bend area? 

Real estate investing requires you to bend to the market trends.  

If you go to MeetUp.com, you can sign up for Fort Bend Real Estate Investors (FBREI) meetings. 

Your cap rates for rentals were consistently 3-4% higher than the amount you could borrow money for to have a secure delta between your cap rate and interest rate to cash-flow.Nowadays, these deals are becoming more and more difficult to find with any sort of regularity, so many investors, in an attempt to stay "productive" and "relevant," are bending these metrics and creating thinner margins.I see buyers in my area consistently purchasing properties at a price where they expect to make $20,000 on a $200,000 project, without any consideration for an exit strategy if their valuation was off or if the project comes in over budget.This has a dramatic effect on further compressing the margins beyond what the influx of money from Wallstreet has already done, not just for that individual investor, but for the market as a whole.

Finding a house in this price range is very rare for my area (Bend, OR) as the low end of the market is very hot right now for first time home buyers. 

I am such a non-confrontational person(I know, I should probably hire a professional PM), we bend over backwards anytime a tenant report an issue, but today his nastiness certainly induced heartburn.

Awesome results for your first rehab.I wouldn't even think about bending the rules for the tax break.