I’m a licensed agent in multiple states (my Arizona license number’s on file if you need it), and while I’m not your attorney or accountant, I’ve seen more real deals than I can count.

Count on the rate to be at least 1% higher than where you'd be for a primary residence, and to maybe even cost a little in points depending on the program, your credit scores, etc.Happy to help you think on this more if you want to setup a call.

By the way, credit card expenses count when charged, not when the credit card bill is paid.Buy more stuff.

It’s maddening.If you count going to store to buy a couple blinds and installing them that’s a couple hour job max.

Consequently, it’s up to these companies themselves, not demand from investors, to set the value of their shares.Non-traded REITs own about 10% of the $2.5 trillion in real estate assets held by REITs, not counting private ones whose shares are only available to accredited investors, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, a trade group.The SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a self-regulatory organization for brokerage firms and exchange markets, issued investor notices in the mid-2010s that warned of potential risks from non-traded REITs.They include a lack of clarity as to how shares are valued, difficulties in selling shares readily, high fees often paid to managers with possible conflicts of interest, and the potential that investor cash and loan proceeds can be used to pay dividends during unprofitable periods.More recently, high-profile investment firms such as Blackstone Group and Starwood Capital Group have started their own non-traded property trusts with offers to disclose more information, charge fewer fees, and allow shares to be cashed in more frequently.

Even if you had to exceed that, as single you could convert an additional $485,050 above the $63,350 (or $503,350 if married) and you’d only be taxed at the 15% LTCG tax rate (not counting any state if applicable).Each year I’d get my taxable income as low as possible to give myself as much ‘room’ as possible in the 0% tax bracket and convert the max amount possible.

Similar, there is rules for footage to count as living space.  

OK Thanks Chad.. yes now that you clarify that and I also work in the low value asset sand box but only to Investors who have money to turn them around I would never count on those owner occ's to cure at least at any large % to easy to  walk  and the properties as you mentioned many will be functionally obsolete and economically obsolete so they turn into your basic zombie house that local wholesalers go for ..

By the way, credit card expenses count when charged, not when the credit card bill is paid.Buy more stuff.

And non performing notes are a very high risk model if the model counts on reistating the loans with those in foreclosure..