I want to sell my home and use the gains to place a down payment on a new home as well as purchase properties in a lower income area for rental properties.

Typically the ROI is lower and financing options are much more limited.

You can try me for commercial financing for transactions.

Overall, if you think rates will decrease at some point over the next 5 years that would lean you towards buying this deal knowing that you can either refinance at a lower rate during the time period or sell at a lower cap rate.

In fact, depending on the fact pattern  even negligence may only lead to representation as the carrier will agree to defend the insured under reservation of rights.It's very important for real estate operators to understand the role insurnance plays and the mechanisms of coverage and relationship between transactional participants.

Interested in a property in which agent is saying lender is not approving any borrowers as the rate was obtained during the lower interest rate environment, so they’re declining everyone who’s trying?

Typically, when I'm counseling with an out of state client that is living in a higher cost of living area - the client is usually better off to house hack in an expensive market rather than buying RE in a lower cost of living area unless there is a lot of excess capital to work with.If you have any questions - feel free to reach out as I am happy to chat.

Strong appreciation and cashflow but you will most likely have to lower tenant qualifying standards in these areas and put up with a little more headache in the short term.

Lower your expectations and expand that time frame for your goals.

are you getting commission for real estate transaction?