I’m going to use my crystal ball and tell you AirBnB’s strategy:1.

We could invent hundreds of scenarios where the government does crazy things, people stay longer than warranted, people tear up the house, people declare bankruptcy, etc.If you read through the rest of the thread there are crystal clear comments about how the lender is compensated for the extra risk.

Originally posted by @Crystal H.

I told them that I was looking in the northern metro (Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Robbinsdale, and Crystal) and what my range is and they are willing to play ball.

Make sure that on every property you buy, that you clearly assign duties and ownership interest so things are crystal clear, should the worst happen.

Anecdotally, I don't see much absorption of those large vacant buildings in Northern Virginia near Dulles Airport, Crystal City, Alexandria, and Springfield, VA.

Brian probably knows or has a better crystal ball on it.. but I would think if there was significant upside Mr.

But unless your crystal ball is better than mine then successfully getting that number is going to be difficult.

It definitely makes you re-think or as you say, take inventory of your life - it seems to help crystallize what's truly important in life.

Now - put 20% down on a primary residence, and get it for a price that our computer says is good, and have good credit with a conservative DTI, and the appraisal might be waived entirely (got a couple "no appraisal" transactions wrapping up at the moment, actually).Again, no crystal ball, but it's not crazy to think that when they look at where to turn the dial to be more conservative, they start by looking at what they'd done in the past to do that.