BP Nation,    I'm looking for a good direct mortgage lender who does their underwriting and processing in house in New York City.  

I am happy to answer any questions for you but I like the area and so do my local and national clients. 

I currently work for a multi-family commercial real estate investment company doing acquisitions across the nation.

I'm also on the FTC's national "do not call" registry.

Try to find one who holds their own paper and does their own underwriting rather than a large national/regional bank or mortgage broker that just wants to sell off a conforming note.Most hard money lenders will not loan on an owner occupied property, so that's a long shot.

pretty narrow field .. you need to contact builders in the area.. either good size regionals or if there are nationals there as well. those are your buyers.

I'd recommend talking to Donny Gothard at Security National Mortgage for their temp to perm financing program.

And as a non-resident foreign national I don't believe you could claim this anyway ( good accountant who works specifically with foreign nationals will be your best friend right now).  

Hello BP,I am starting to analyze numerous amounts of deals in my spare time to get the feel for it.  

I had to call numerous times within the next few days to even get a hold of this paralegal or secretary, not sure what she is, handling my closing to get me some answers.