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If nothing else there are great ways to safely get 6-8% interest on your money unavailable in the bank.

From the HUD website:----------------------In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap: * Refuse to rent or sell housing * Refuse to negotiate for housing * Make housing unavailable * Deny a dwelling * Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling * Provide different housing services or facilities * Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental * For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or * Deny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.

Turns out his roof guy was busy on another project, and was UNAVAILABLE.

You can fund the transaction with a mortgage/loan, but in the event financing is unavailable and you cannot close, you are risking your earnest money deposit and possibly more.

The closing costs are much less on a per unit basis on your MFRs, as opposed to a package of SFRs needing individual appraisals, title work, etc.So you can buy a nicer B-class MFR property with moderate 75% financing, and enjoy higher ROI than your unleveraged SFRs.Or you can buy a C-rated MFR with high enough occupancy to get financing, and really capture a huge ROI.You can also lock in 30 year fixed rate financing on larger MFR properties that is totally unavailable on SFR packages.And obviously you can take down a bunch of units at once and get your capital to work.

Buyer wants low down, low interest and longest term possible.Without getting fancy a decent contract for a decent property might be 10-20% down, 30 yr amortization, maybe 6% interest with a 7 yr pay-off (balloon).The possibilities are almost endless but best to keep it simple KISS.Refinance out of your owner contracts, or get some kind of guaranteed extension as soon as you can so you don't find yourself one day facing a balloon with a hiccup in unavailable financing.Long-term owner finance is the best thing if possible- not as likely.

What do you guys do when you are unavailable for a couple weeks at a time.steve

Hi allquick question..How do you know the value of a multi family if local cap rates are out of date or unavailable due to lack of comparable sales?