About 12 years ago, the appetite for these type loans grew and then after the passage of Dodd/Frank, an entire industry has grown up around them.

But if Mercury is available, I recommend them highly to all clients, their appetite is small-medium sized independent owners (especially small multi-family units).

They can be surprisingly flexible and have more of an appetite for underwriting those than your regional and national banks.

Finally,  you could just do a straight finance deal and have the seller hold a second or silent JV partner with you.Again,  your seller's appetite for this will dictate your approach. 

In my market, there is little local appetite to buy full priced rented single family houses. 

I guess it all depends on one's goals, risk appetite and aggressiveness.

But Brexit has somewhat reduced my appetite to continue building that business!

It’s like the smaller, community banks that I’ve gone into have no appetite for non-owner-occupied status properties or something.

Insurance is pretty nuanced and each insurance company has their own “appetite” of things they look for in a property.An independent agent has access and strong relationships with multiple insurance companies.

The city of Minneapolis is very pro-density and there continues to be an appetite for new-build apartments in this area of town.