Most of my houses are on Wooddell which backs up to it, but what I realized is that when the creek overflows it empties onto Longwood which is on the other side of the creek.

As a rookie myself, I didn't realize how terrible the contract was, but the contract is only abut a page and a half. 

They will likely not be happy with the rate hike but when they look at the options on the market, they'll realize they are still probably better off not moving.

Anyways, the appraiser used two of the properties that were within the comps report (the higher ones) and we managed to overperform our ARV target by $20k.Lesson Learned -> Later we realized that the appraiser also looked at the rental comps, and the average rent used in the income approach was $2,000...we are renting both units for $2,600 and the average rent in general for this kind of duplex in the area is $2,100 - $2,200, so we could've easily hit a higher ARV, crazy right?"

Hell when you pull back the curtain most people would be shocked to realize that all those prim and proper super nice 50 year old lady Realtors that seem so nice; those ladies are some of the most cut throat sharks in the game.

Initially, I was hesitant about buying property due to the potential expenses, but I realized that approaching real estate as an investment could yield the financial freedom I’ve always aimed for.The Start of My JourneyIn December 2023, I decided to devote my spare time to real estate.

I started/continued cultivating about half dozen different commercial brokers, by taking incoming cold/warm calls from brokers for off market offers(calls I used to just hang up on) from their fund buyers and deep pocket private investors, and soon realized(as few of the brokers had warned) that off market deals for this asset are always gonna be low ball, no matter how premium my location.

I realized I didn't have any equity in the deal and I also didn't have a clear exit plan if something were to go wrong. 

I mention that because I realize that requiring that much up front my limit my tenant pool. 

I didn't realize this.I know you aren't on the lending side per say, but follow up question.If I have two buildings in my name with total debt of $900k and I am looking to refinance one of them that has $500k debt, would the 45% DTI be based on the total debt ($900k)?