I just kind of chuckled sent him a private e mail with one of my closing attorney in MS that I have closed well over 400 loans with :) I know you and I were routinely buying well over 100 houses each per year in portland in those years and those were 200k plus deals. yes the good OLE days for sure

@Carlos Enriquez That is what I am trying to find out is how reliable these warranties are for replacement of the major ticket items, again my experience has only been with smaller routine repair issues.I would be interested in what company you used if you don't mind sharing.  

WEll when you live in one of the most desirable places in the world with incredible weather and job opps of the high paying type.. that's what happens  :)  no matter what the price lenders in this environment will want whats called skin in the game , the days of 100% loans based on ARV are long gone.. ( unless your a very established repeat client  Like my guys I do this routinely for my clients but they have been with me more than a decade and in many cases we are well over 200 transactions together)So starting out as you are ... a HML will want at least in all the deals in the SF BA I have been presented with ,, they want 20% and sometimes will want you to also fund the rehab out of pocket.So take a 1 mil purchase and 400k rehab  ( pretty common numbers) and an ARV of 2 million ( again pretty common numbers..

You can easily get most of the top books for $15 in that first month.I now have a morning routine of listening to an hour podcast from BP or audio book over my morning tea.

Post a notice to enter for some routine maintenance you need to do.

Attention all Cleveland, OH area investors and anyone else who is interested in real estate investing.We are going to reboot our Cleveland BP meet-up group on Thursday August 27th at 6pm.We have had a couple of informal, but very enjoyable meet-ups in the past, and we would like to get back into a monthly or bi-monthly routine of meeting up to talk real estate.There is no official format, and there will be no sales pitches at this event.

My impression is that Fannie will routinely amend a purchase price if the appraisal comes up short less than 10 percent of the original purchase agreement.

I routinely coach people into the rental business.

Once you've settled on a price, it becomes very routine.

With these 2 products, it is feasible to keep a routine easily without leaving the home.Just a thought.