This is what is meant by 'hard money' in the first place.

I read the term "Tier 1 zip code" from a post in a thread and was wondering what that meant.

Bill Gulley - What I meant by that is the simple fact that countless imes, agents/brokers do NOT have your best interests at heart, only their own paychecks.

If you meant passive as not too involved Rich covered that.

Solution- lower purchase price enough to make lender comfortable, or hire a qualified site inspector with more cojones.Case #2: Rural property.Solution- Decrease LTV with less attractive terms, meaning worst case scenario you make a lot of money on the debt and if you have to foreclose, you can sell it a price your borrower couldn't.Case #3: Poorly capitalized borrowerSolution- see Case #2What you meant is that the numbers don't make sense.

This is something that needs to be negotiated with them.I'm going to guess you meant 6 unit rental property?

More specifically, I meant to ask.

You meant 17 percent Brian Hoyt, right?

I meant my comment about saying no to the deal flat out or trying to negotiate as a real question, not rhetorical.

I liked paying taxes on deals, it meant I was making money!