Sacramento was recently projected by Realtor.com to be the #4 Hottest Metro Market in the nation with an appreciation of 7.2% and sales growth of 4.9%.

There are Sentriloc, state fees, local realtor association and national realtor association fees. 5.

It took numerous phone calls from my agent and myself to random people in some outsourced office halfway across the country and weeks of stress to finally get the loan closed (and only because the seller agreed to an extension at the last minute).

I am finding that most of the larger national folks are not willing to fund the smaller opportunities that are more abundant in rural Maine where I live.

If you have a great broker and or commercial attorney or both then they are less likely to keep trying these tactics throughout the purchase process.It is RARE but sometimes you run across an amazing property ( I see them maybe 10% of the time looking at thousands a week nationally) and it is heavily marketed and receives tons of offers instantly.

Regional or national investor?

I don't like the concept of having numerous properties making $200 cash flow on each with the risk.

You probably don't want an applicant that has their credit report showing numerous changes in phone service, because they get the phone disconnected and then you will be unable to contact them.That's just some stuff that you can do with a credit report.

You WILL NOT get 7% in an A class or up-and-coming that is approaching A class neighborhood...in any national comparable market.

There's numerous industrial and chemial plants several miles away and a lot of workers are from out of state getting paid great money and are willing to pay a bit more or split to have a nicer place than some of the basic trailers they usually set them up in.