Then a couple years later, discovered that a piece of paper was signed at closing which was never read and in fine print says something about the home being owner occupied throughout the duration of the mortgage... wtf?   

Quote from @Deborah Wodell: Bought a property with what we thought had a side yard full of junk and then discovered it was actually a small neighboring lot with zoning and public nuisance fines.

Study other investors winning strategy the same you would study a sports teams winnings.

I'm looking to study the opportunity in DC...Cheers.  

However, I have also studied this and have seen that the majority of those who lost was because of themselves.

This is just the latest case study of how Government is incapable of improving housing affordability on its own.

Hello BiggerPockets Community,My name is Sebastian Tamburro, and I’m a Canadian currently studying at Colgate University.

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I believe I read not all fixes/repairs will qualify during the cost seg study.

As primarily self-employed most of my life it would have helped me to discover DSCR loan sooner.