Scott's book on estimating rehab costs, it's a must read in this area: https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-book-on-estimat...In addition to that, I would check out my article on due diligence.

Warren Buffet has discussed this in the past saying if you had all the gold in the world you would have a giant cube of gold except for minor industrial uses, but if you had all the farmland in the world you would be able to produce a product (food) that people would buy, thus giving you a return on investment.

The E-Myth by Michael Gerber- Start and operate your business with the consumer in mind... not you... not your product or service.

So will see how that all shakes out for PDX. really the affordable is in Townhouse production by the large production builders thats about as good as it gets..

It's a pretty standard product these days.

Quote from @Michael Gangemi: @Heidi Thompson PadSplit is an amazing product!!

If you can find smaller local banks in the market you pick they may have more unique products that they keep on their balance sheet or try and do the 5% down conventional on a 4-unit  FHA's self-sufficiency test applies to both 3 and 4-unit properties.

What happens when you add purchasing power into a product shortage environment?

@Andrew M. yeah, if you opened a HELOC while you opened while living there then it's likely that they don't want to extend that current product.  

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