Debt service is way up, revenue is generally down, down payments are way up, financing terms and costs are much worse.The time of fast scaling has passed, unless you're very creative. 

If the floating rate debt starts costing too much and there is no capital to replace a rate cap, reserves run out.  

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

If you do have enough other income then you dont even need to lease out this property to start your refinance.However if you dont have enough income to qualify with no rental income offset then yes you will need to obtain your lease(s) and security deposit + 1st months rents deposited before you can utilize 75% of this gross income - your monthly PITIA payment (in terms of qualification on this property refinance.So all in all Id make sure what your current debt to income position is first of all (DTI) and then strategize to see if you even need the leases at all.

Quote from @Monty Alston: Quote from @Travis Timmons: You need more income, not more debt.

no debt? 

Or paying off my debt, while I provide them with a nice house to live in instead of an apartment. 

I can buy a 2-4 unit with 20% down vs conventional can only buy a 2-4 INVESTMENT property with 25% down 4. there are options where DSCR loans dont repot to personal credit, helps in not having to show a bunch of paperwork or not one person in a partnership has to carry the debt5. way less paperwork to close on this loan type vs a conventional loan. we care about the income of the property you're buying and it's ability to service the debt of the property whether we use long term rents income, lease income, or air dna/bnb income.6. easily buy in partnerships, add people to your operating agreement, its as easy as that so bring partners into a deal. helps with scaling and raising capital or getting partners involved7. gift funds allowed to close on these as well, and like I said earlier, there's only a 10day seasoning period of funds with some lenders so that means you can literally have a private money lender deposit money into your account 11 days before closing, and you can use those funds to close!

If you can purchase this home with private money or seller financing and get a $110k loan, then you could do a rate/term refi right after so do a 90 or 120 day note to secure the property and get it in your name, then refi into long term debt using the full appraised value. 

This is a buy and hold in a great location in a great market Does anyone know of a group i can post this deal And last option we were considering was to use her cards to pay off my debt so then I can buy the house from her and get a loan on it If u made it this far thanks 🙂