Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

REI is about collecting dollar$, not properties. 

We have a ongoing list of each along with their fees and what state they are licensed to collect debt in.

For a relatively "safe" creative financing, one needs serious reserves (lots of moolah) and the ability to sell or refinance quickly when one of those "hiccups" occur.The gurus usually collect a large fee, from people who have neither money, reserves, nor experience.

It is much harder to find a 2nd lien lender on an investment property and, even if you do, they are going to have maximums on the collective loan to value between both liens.

what are the laws in CO regarding unlicensed wholesalers tying up property advertising it and collecting a fee at closing is that even legal in that state. ???

Airbnb collects $ millions in garbage insurance premiums from guests but only rarely pays out anything.

These special taxes, as they are called, are collected the same way as general taxes (December & May) but are listed out separately.

Not only can you collect rent to go towards your mortgage, you're also building equity that can potentially be used down the road for your next home or investment.

If I reach out to a realtor, will they expect me to pay them to collect comps for me?