My name is Melody; Newbie here to Bigger Pockets and already learned a TON of info from the podcast interviews as well as the forums.

Interview until you find a loan officer that's done FNMA HR before, but get a boring/vanilla FHA 3.5% down preapproval.

@Tim Wheeler also find the podcast when Dave Van Horn was interviewed.

There is simply not enough time to do a detailed review (much less analysis) of each resume, interview the candidate and then come to a considered decision.

I'm interviewing construction managers and potential lenders.

I also took into account 3 months vacancy for stuff like upgrades and repairs that could be needed as well as looking for and interviewing a tenant.

., ask for an affidavit saying how many it has done and how many of them had balloons.Here's part of an interview I did with Ric Thom, who has been one of the major advocates before Congress and regulators representing the note and real estate industry:Dodd-Frank applies to seller carryback notes created on or after January 1, 2014.THE ONE PER YEAR CATEGORYThe CFPB broke seller financing into two different categories.

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The interview about their past becomes meaningful only after 20-30 minutes.

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