Remove that.I haven't refinanced any of these, I mostly use them to appear encumbered if anybody pokes around.

If I go for traditional financing even tho I dont have it refinanced and rented will they consider it or will it be too much risk on my end with the hopes of renting and using that cash flow.

This approximately gave us 250K to buy a passive purchase all cash and not have to worry about the interest payments, giving us the option of cash out refinancing or keeping our powder dry for other future acquisitions.I most interesting thing about this decision though is it has change the mindset of my previous investment strategy.

I found the HELOC looks like the best option because refinancing away from a low interest rate adds to how much you pay the bank when you refinance.

(appraised at just over 100K)took that and bought another, refinanced out of that one too. 

Our buy and hold model is to buy homes in Columbus Ohio with private capital, stabilize the asset, and then refinance to put more permanent financing in place.  Does anyone know any lenders I should be looking at for ...

Just completed a large remodel on my primary residence ($90k in) with the goal of refinancing to consolidate some personal debt and pull some additional cash for other real estate related projects, BUT ran into a road block with a lender.

But ultimately I'm interested in what you explain as tax defaulting highly motivated sellers and have that as my means of acquiring cheap rentals and refinancing them after being made "rent ready".

PS refinancing is not really an option because I live abroad, work abroad and it's an investment property.

In addition, how would refinancing a few years down the road change the equation/outcome?