I'm also looking on notes investing as it's becoming tougher to find deals here in SoCal now.Thanks

Now if I happen to get a good deal right away it helps to ease that loss but it is a little tougher right now so I was pretty bothered by it. 

Then, he also told me I don't need to document my tenant screening criteria and that I should rent to males instead of females because "in his generation" females were tougher on properties. 

That Final was tougher than I thought but I'm happy I got through.

@Patrick Britton  I always say 4 mortgage slots because most folks can do that I know there is 10 available but it does get tougher with cash reserves and such. 

I own my own house and am looking to purchase a townhome investment. The townhome has a HOA....Whenever I refi my house I have had a pretty smooth experience. When I am purchasing my townhome the lender wants extra st...

Problem is rents are up and their location is great so they stay anyway.3) Since the market has been so hot for so long many landlords I have run across have almost non-existent records and can get away with this4) Comps are harder because the structures and uses are so different not just block by block but within the same block and its not like most of that stuff is listed anywhere5) Because of the cost making a mistake in NYC on your first property or second property can be fatal (financially).All this is not to say the valuation principals are different they are not, more that I feel its just tougher to operate here. 

If you are looking to do one on an investment property that is a little tougher.

I understand the market is tougher to wholesale in but what I've mostly heard is that people do not want to wholesale due to the laws being more strict.

The STR market is tougher to insure than a LTR such as annual lease.