This is a new build that requires 20k down as good faith money and it will be lost if I’m unable to qualify once the home is finished.

We are also open to find a multi-family with a full basement unfinished or finished that we can transform to live in while we rent both apartments and live rent free for the next year allowing us to save a substantial amount of money.

I say no because at the time we could have bought a completely finished building for less than that.

Now, just feet from the finish line our appraiser is not getting info back to us in time for our closing...its gonna be tight.

A key factor for him was having the ability to close on it and delay our possession for a couple months to give his family time to finish school and get ready for the move.

Her intentions are to stay in the property for an additional 3 years for her kids to finish school in the district.

Power tool work began no earlier than 9:30am and finished no later than 6:30pm.

I finally gave up, went outside and sat on the front steps waiting for them to finish their tour. 

Where are you looking to invest and what types of finishes (rental grade, high end, etc) are you going for?

We have been listening to the BiggerPockets podcast for the last six months and just finished reading The Book on Rental Property Investing.