I am wondering if anyone has ever taken legal action against property managers, and if they think we have a potential case? 

If your doing REI to it's full potential, you don't pay 100% of the purchase price up front in cash.

Rates and expectations vary depending on the relationship and the investor's comfort with risk.

Hey Everyone,I have a potential investor I've been working with that is planning to use investors edge for their loan.

Because you're new, it is a good idea to ask about the brokerage's agent training offerings and potential teams to join to get experience. 

Risk mitigation is crucial, and learning from past experiences is beneficial.

Run your business as a business or risk it.  

The 2-3% points in extra cost are worth it if you plan on using as I described above because the use would be for a few  months at most and due to that short term use you can survive a rate adjustment up.But, if you have no plan to payoff the debt like when using for a down payment on a long term hold why pay the extra cost for flexibility and have the additional risk of the adjustable rate with the amortization looming when you can get a fixed rate second mortgage. 

My main question is whether it makes more sense to go the seller financing route and pay off the principal in 8–10 years or stick with a standard 30-year loan.My thinking is that the tax deductions from a mortgage wouldn’t outweigh the potential equity I could gain over those 8–10 years.

It saddens us when one of our partners did not realize the full potential of the profit they were seeking by investing in rental income properties.