The other thing you can ask for is a cosigner from someone with better credit.Usually they move on to another landlord with lower standards but I have people jump through my hoops and with the extra "skin in the game" they have been better than average tenants.

Eventually the goal is to move to New York City, where I'm hoping to buy a 3-4 unit multiplex or multifamily home, keep one unit for myself, renovate the whole thing, and use the rental income to pay the mortgage, and maybe a little bit extra.

(non working outlets, automatic garage door openers, toilets that take an extra flush, closet doors that come off the track ect, fireplace not working...)

We may pay it off at closing but were wondering when a blanket loan is normally refinanced, will they recalculate the payment on the remaining balance, therefore lowering it, or is it like when you pay extra principal towards a loan, the monthly payment stays the same?

I want right to market property and right to extend closing 30 days for an extra 200 cash.

Offering security deposits in extra cash help a lot.

For a few extra $$$, you can get the version that OCR's your documents making them searchable.

I always like to have extra data points on rehab pricing, so please update this thread with what you ultimately find.

By the way - check out these two articles from the BP Blog, as they might give you a little extra insight: 1.)

Truth is the people who are actually doing deals making money probably have time to keep a Facebook profile ;)Congrats and welcome to the forum!