Loans Not Owned by Freddie or Fannie If your loan is held by a private lender or another institution, it’s important to evaluate the interest rate.

you need a big funnel for any strategy in which you evaluate leads, and to continuously be ruling deals out - and to be happy you're doing so, not frustrated. 

I’d aim for low downpayment land contracts and lease options.After refinancing out of the FHA mortgage, I’d evaluate if I wanted to repeat the 2-4 unit FHA 203(k) process again or if I had the 20% down to target 5+ units.Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

You Can Only Have 35 Non-Accredited InvestorsRule 506(b) allows an unlimited number of accredited investors but restricts you to only 35 non-accredited investors.However, there’s a catch:Non-accredited investors must be financially sophisticated.They must have enough experience to evaluate the investment risks.From the SEC:“Securities may not be sold to more than 35 non-accredited investors… [who] must meet the legal standard of having sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.”If you’re planning to include non-accredited investors, make sure they qualify—or you could be violating SEC rules.3.

Also perhaps the homes built in the last 10 years have sprinkler systems and even drip systems near the foundation to keep the soil moist.Look for signs when you are viewing homes....especially in the hot areas.When we evaluate homes, especially with buyers we're looking at the BIG 5 as best we can. 

Every year they will perform another evaluation to ensure you and the tenant complies.

We evaluated 2 properties yesterday. 

I can search it but same deal, the search engines don't evaluate the results.

Look at the pictures to evaluate the quality of the materials and workmanship of the comparable sales and align your ARV accordingly. 

Above are just hypotheticals, but they bring to light the point, which is, evaluating opportunities requires apples to apples comparisons.