Now it looks like our window to close on existing and new is tightening.

Also tightening the personal finance belt can be helpful to maybe save a lil more and open up more of the budget...

I am having a little harder time finding the lower end properties I usually invest in but that is mostly because I have been tightening up my personal requirements and ratios.

All my advice is based off the fact that you manage your own projects and don't hire a GC, as this will save you a big chunk and will tighten your budget.

@ Kyle Joseph- I have seen the rental market tighten in Nashua.

And, in Florida, the building codes were really tightened up after Hurricane Andrew 1992, so the insurance rates are much higher in the older homes. 

There's a mental strain to owning something you aren't sure what to do with...Set yourself free if you wouldn't buy it again today, then let us here at BP help you get into some real cash-flowing properties !

That may have tightened up.  

Since there is more tax revenue from them being an employee those entities have tightened the tests they use.

They are super competitive, but right now have tightened their guidelines and tacked on a 4k fee for any loans originated after 4/7 (if someone is viewing this thread in the future, this current timing is the beginning of the shutdowns from COVID-19).