Look for homes that scare most homebuyers & factor in your renovation budget when making offers.- Opportunities with additional income potential.

The possibility exists (only hindsight will let us know for sure) that now is NOT the opportune time to purchase SFR as investment property, UNLESS the plan is to hold FOREVER, or at least 10+ years.

Now to the "DUH" factor; who's paying this ADDITIONAL $25k per FTHB money?

This will help you identify what market will have the most ideal factors for what you're trying to achieve with real estate. 

We have an in house risk assessment system that includes credit, property value and other factors to score a loan.

I treat them great and keep the properties in great condition in the hopes they stay there forever.

Pragmatically there are 20 main things to consider and 100 other factors.

Too many get tunnel vision on just the % and completely forget there is 3 factors to how the #'s wash-out; the rate, over what time, on what total amount.

The interest is added to the builder's cost sheet and factored in to the total cost to build. 

Hi All,I'm a new member in Silver Spring, MD, who read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and realized I don't have to be living paycheck to paycheck forever!