I'm in the same boat.

You may be able to use your buying power and negotiate that through your real estate attorney prior to close (if you don't mind purchasing the property with two empty units).

If you decide to tell the lender, you have a subject 2 that will give the lender more power to do a due on sale clause, and then you know what you need to do is get a u haul.Joe Gore

You will be surprised at the response you get from people that are in the same boat as you and might be nervous to take those actionable steps.

Practice negotiating with people at garage sales and people who offer items for sale in their yards like cars, boats, etc.

I have always been a super conservative investor, only borrowing up to 30% of valuation on one property, and my other properties are paid off in cash.Now I know to grow my business I need to probably be less conservative, at least for a few years, but before I dive into the big big scary world of leverage, I wanted to see if you guys could perhaps tell me how most investors you have heard of or know get into trouble using leverage.I'm not talking about people who pull out equity to fund vacations, nice boats and cars etc, but rather how do people get themselves in trouble when they reinvest the money in real estate or otherwise.The reason I'm asking this question phrased this way is because I've heard the success stories of people who leveraged to the hilt and came away winners (i.e.

Near my house, huge yard, backs up to power lines.REO foreclosed in March for 178,000Zillow says it's worth 191,000$110,000 cash offer$20,000 repairs and updates$130,000 /hard money loan$4,000 closing costs/me$150,000 conventional refi$145,000 repay hard money loan (how many days is the norm and what kind of return to lenders expect?)

My real estate agent who uses zipLogix rental lease is trying to convince me that I HAVE to use the dual powered (AC and battery) smoke detector.The lease is referring to § 9-102.

The gift of desperation is a powerful thing.

I have also read "Investing in Real Estate With Lease Options and "Subject-To" Deals: Powerful Strategies for Getting More When You Sell, and Paying Less When You Buy" by Wendy Patton.