The state, through IHDA, will offer up to $10,000 in down payment assistance for 1-2 unit properties (Borrower to contribute a minimum of 1% of the sale price or $1,000 (whichever is greater) towards the transaction.)

By using the insurance contract as a cash management tool you get its benefits, leverage, preferential tax treatment, and liquidity to enhance your businesses and other assets.One of the advantages is that you can borrow 95-100% of the policy cash value or surrender value whichever is lower with no guidelines while with loans in a perfect world, yes, you could keep refinancing and buy cash flow properties however this is not a perfect world.You will need to qualify for those loans.

Whichever is lower.

The formula is (debt/gross W2 income + 70-80% of gross rental income) OR (debt/taxable income) whichever is less.

Best wishes whichever path you choose.

Whichever direction you go I definitely recommend getting a good transaction coordinator/ personal assistant to manage the backend paperwork and chasing signatures so you can focus on generating new business.  

We are living out of state so we really need to trust whichever company we go with.

You’d have to change the mailing adress to which eve prison they send you to. 

Whichever city or rental model you go with you, I wish you luck.

When it comes to covering the cost the seller is going to have that cost in whichever type of transaction.