You'll then see that delinquency rates are:- At their lowest point since 2006- Historically on the low side of normal - On an overall downward trend for the past 4 yearsIn fact, excluding the artificially propped-up mortgage market of 2004-2006 during which delinquency rates were slightly lower than they are today, bottoming out at 1.41% in 2005, there are fewer mortgage delinquencies today than at any time in the past 33 years.By the way, when these scant 1.73% of homeowners become delinquent on their mortgages, they overwhelmingly have the equity to be able to sell the home at a gain if needed.

If they are legit and you don’t have any other offers then I’d have the conversation with them but I’d want a higher than normal down payment (ideally 50% or at least more than the normal 20%), a higher than normal interest rate (at least a point above the prevailing rate so like 9-10% right now, but you can structure it as interest-only payments so their monthly payment is still lower than conventional), amortized over 30 but with a balloon in 3-5 years, something like that.

That sounds pretty normal for the area.

Normally an annual STR revenue at 20% of purchase price would provide solid COC.  

After all PITI, utility, and services (lawncare and cleaning) costs I have $7,225.I set aside 25% of this for my maintenance fund.The remainder funds my lifestyle, wife has a Tesla, and quarterly vacations as well as business growth.In 2023 I am tracking to build 4 duplex units designed as room rentals funded in part from a recent land sale.

Their pursuit of cash flow normally leads them to the worst of the worst neighborhoods where the spreadsheets never capture the accurate operating expenses and no consideration for neighborhood fundamentals is part of their analysis.

Doing this (renting both entire house and single bedroom rental) allows us to be able to tap into 2 separate target audiences and accomodate those singer travelers, couples coming to the area that would normally scroll past our listing due to size/cost. 

I enjoy finding creative ways to monetize normally overlooked spaces at my rental properties. 

.- The Yield Curve will begin to normalize (uninverting): Even as the Federal Funds Rate begins to drop, the yield curve will finally begin it's march towards normalization.

DSCR loans carry Prepayment Penalties, so unless you are comfortable staying in a 9%+ rate for 5 years, I would suggest just going with a normal 20% down DSCR.