While I don’t typically work with real estate agents to find deals, I do collaborate with other professionals throughout the process.

I have my credit where it needs to be have a down payment saved of around 17k and looking into Host financial to go through for my first deal I am wondering has anyone personally used it and how do you like the company and the process thank you and looking forward to the journey 

It's tough to work with corporate seller's.However, there is a TON of investable inventory in the Atlanta market right now that is institutionally owned where there process is very ridged.

Texas tends to favor landlords in these cases, but follow the legal process exactly—any misstep could delay things.As for protecting against retaliation or property damage, installing security cameras (if you haven’t already) to monitor common areas might be worth it.

He has repeated the process in which you mentioned with success.

Many borrowers file this form as an exclusion to their US federal taxes as they may have been taxed by the country where they are earning the income.Required Documentation for Foreign IncomeWhen it comes to processing foreign income for a loan, documents required may include:» Most recent personal tax returns» History of receipt» Proof of continuance of foreign income earnings» Conversion of the income from the foreign currency to US dollarsThese documents must be translated or completed in English so that a loan reviewer can properly evaluate the information provided.Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac GuidelinesIncome from Foreign SourceIncome from foreign sources must be reported on the borrower’s most recent U.S. individual federal income tax returns.

Now you repeat that process until it's paid off.Disadvantages:It took a while for me to set up.Bank account is always low, lol.People can spend a lot with that amount of credit.People think I'm weird when I tell them DId you analyze what would happen if you moved all of that money you were using to pay off a heloc, not get a heloc and put that money in a treasury or other type of account that got you 6% interest or invest in an ETF or something lower risk?

You also need to account for the eviction process, state laws etc...

A variety of things could have caused this.That said, what you've described above is not so untypical in terms of the steps of the process for a fix and flip loan.  

I think if you can nail that down you will be able to find a market easier.As a buy and hold investor some of the things that were important to me when deciding on a market were landlord tenant laws, price to rent ratio, housing demand, ability to build a team, large population 500K plus, multi-family availability and some other factors.take the process step by step and you will be fine.