We have recently become interested in real estate investing and I believe we have more options than just the traditional way of buying a home.

Hi Christian,Thanks for the input.Some of my buyers require that for all the SOLD properties that I have listed to derive ARV of a property the also want to know how many days were the SOLD properties were in the market before they sold at that price.This way they are also ensuring that it is a moving market and not a stagnant market.

If this is the case, again, you'll have to contact the owner to see if there's interest in doing a subject-to deal or if you'd end up getting traditional financing on it.I hope this helps, I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do in this scenario and these are my thoughts with the information that I have.

Beyond that you'll need to know how to handle things like insurance since it'll be done differently than in a traditional sale (you need both the seller's name and the buyers name as "named insureds" and if you sell as a wrap you'll need both the original mortgagee clause as well as a secondary mortgagee clause of your company).

I would be interested in hearing what you define as a high-priced area, as my contention is that most properties (esp condos/town homes) in the $90,000+ range, provided they're well-maintained, would generate significantly greater cash flow as short term/ vacation rentals than traditional buy and hold long term rentals.

I explained what I needed it for, and we pre-paid for one month with free pickup and delivery.I looked into traditional staging, but it was way too expensive.For about $500 I got a dining set, two sofa sets, and two bedroom sets.I felt kind of dumb after it was delivered, because I thought we were getting platform beds, but it was really just the headboard.

This usually becomes a problem because traditional financing works its way into the equation.If possible, let the IRA take on the leverage and then strategize for UBIT reduction where possible.

If I do not have the 20-25% down required on a traditional investment property loan can I go HML?

That pesky seasoning period will stop you for a while, whether the original loan is a FHA or traditional.

When we renew the mortgage we have been using a combined traditional mortgage and equity-backed line of credit, so, while we have pre-payed mortgage principal from our cash-flow, we still have access to a portion of the equity in the property.