Quality absolutely matters in purchase transactions, and cheapest isnt alwasy best.Last point, a good lender will take time to understand your situation and goals and will work with you to identify a strategy and timeline using your available options.

The exception is a reverse mortgage which have breach terms that include death of last debtor on title or a surviving spouse.From a practical standpoint, mortgage lenders and their loan servicers are not looking for a reason to accelerate (call loan all due) but may be triggered by poor admin practices of sub-2 buyer.

Before that, it was crazy to see the difference in quality of the methods and reports from their studies.Who you hire to do a cost segregation study really can make a huge difference. 

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Definitely hard to stress the importance of quality due diligence

I just completed "How to Invest in Real Estate" this morning, and am now diving into "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" now b/c of allll the accolades.

You can find properties in the price you indicated but they have historically appreciated less than inflation, they may attract poor tenants, they likely will have poor rent growth    Or house hack local market and need at low as 3.5% but easier at 5%.  

It’s how you remain “poor”, not how you gain financial independence.  

One was because of poor management and the other because the property needed major renovations to be competitive in the area. 

Lindbergh field is a poor airport.