Asking in the correct forum will get a better response.Read the RULES!

Fortunately the rules have been "modernized," which is kind of a rich NLP technique if you ask me. 

Otherwise, if you are referring to ETF's such as Spiders, or QQQ, the the holding period rules apply.

This can take 2 days to 7 days depending on if there are any problems or things missing or if it is a slam dunk easy loan.Once out of UW, you will go to approval stage. 

There is a big push to get the easy cases to get the stats up these days.

When you have studied your market properly you should be able to provide the answer of if single family or residential multifamily is better for cash flow. 1% rule was for a time when almost all deals were decent as a way to rule out the lessor deals and concentrate on the best deals.

I had to live in the property due to the FHA occupancy rules, so I had about an hour and 15 minute commute to work every day.I settled on Tilton (small town in central NH) because the property was right and it cash flowed very well, and was quite cheap (at the time... 240k), I could get the loan to get into the building and own 4 units.

@Mike ReynoldsRegarding your comment that if you need funds you can use money from your side business:You can't use non-retirement funds to pay for expenses related to real estate held inside you Solo 401k.Subject to the contribution rules and income limitations, you may be able to contribute non-retirement funds to your Solo 401k (e.g. as an employee or employer contribution) and then you could use the funds in your 401k to pay for expenses related to real estate owned by your Solo 401k.

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