It is a 1500 sqft 3 bed 3 bath condo about a 5-minute walk to the beach. 

Was your tenant offered a preliminary inspection during the two weeks prior move-out as required by law?

Are these walk-in closets?

A trust may offer some of the same benefits as an LLC, depending on your goals, and allowing you to claim the part of the house you live in as homesteaded tax.Make sure you have the right home insurance and consider an umbrella policy for extra protection.Certainly buying a house, using conventional financing with limited money down as a primary residence and renting out parts of the house to help pay the mortgage, is a smart financial move.

All the other banks I spoke to, like TD Bank, HSBC, and Signature FCU, have limitations, such as you can't have more than 4 mortgages in your name, or they can only use 3 properties to offset DTI.Better.com offers a rate of 9.5-11% (depending on loan amount, credit score, etc.), and it also requires the property to be in my name (not in an LLC).Does anyone know of a bank that will do HELOC on rentals in NC that do not require the property to be in the owner's name and/or is not limited by how many mortgages you already have on other rentals?

A monthly survey conducted by the University of Michigan that measures consumer sentiment and inflation expectations has affected yields and offered a data point for predicting Federal Reserve actions.Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)Another factor starting to gain steam in terms of affecting mortgage rates are various regional Purchasing Managers Index reports, which offer a glimpse into the health of the economy.

I also would like a service loan provider or some type of assistance to walk me through the first process, to understand the business and become more comfortable as I continue my note investing.

Many portfolio lenders offer 30 year terms for multiple family.  

Make a reasonable offer on the spot.

So I started trying to get creative on how to create a win-win-win for all.Here’s how it went down:I got the sellers to agree to an asking price of $180k, a full $40k over what they originally wanted.In the offer, we included a seller credit of $34k.This strategy allowed me to cover the extra commission for both the buying and selling agents and ensure the seller got exactly the cash they wanted should they have sold it at 140k.With the seller credit, this reduced my total out-of-pocket expense to just $6k.I used a commercial DSCR loan product with a local bank.