Your advice about locating a local MLO is excellent and I have been pursuing that.

Chris this is a good product and pretty cheap.Also did you get the email I sent you over the weekend?

Excellant, congratulations...

Up until now I've been printing the entire addendum, signing & initialing and then scanning the entire thing back into the computer to send back to the bank.I would gladly use a product like Cute PDF if I could scan and insert a single signature page, but the addendums I've seen also require you to initial every page and sign in multiple places, so that won't work.I was looking into the option of a digital signature and digital initials, but according to this article many banks won't accept those.

My Goal is to become one of the most successful and respected RE Investors in the state of Maryland by providing Excellent services to people in need (Motivated Sellers) as well as provide lucrative amounts for my end buyers....and my self of course...lol

I have an excellent credit score - 760.What are my options outside of owner occupied FHA loans that would give close to 100% financing.

Greg it will depend on the portfolio of the bank and how many performing versus non - performing assets on the books.The bank might not want to refi that type of product with too much of that type of asset class non-performing on the books already.They might have too much defaulted commercial all together.For value add plays typically occupancy is an issue.The lenders will want certain occupancy levels obtained for at least 3 months depending on loan type and typically stabilized for 6 months to a year or longer.If you buy an apartment building at say 50% occupancy using a hard money lender or private money and the going vacancy rate is an average of 10% then the lender wants 90% occupancy averaged out over time.When you refi you will only be able to go up to a certain percentage to cash out or can just convert with no cash out to the lower interest rate.Regular banks do not lend usually on sub par occupancy levels for the area.They see it as too risky and the say 60% occupancy can quickly go to 30 or 40% and they have a foreclosure or short sale on their hands taking a loss,plus inspection reports,attorney fees,appraisal and environmental review etc.

For less than a cup of Starbucks, a user can get the privileges to post ads for deals, buyer's lists, loans they are offering or seeking, or can advertise their company, product, or service.

You also need to take into account if your competition is waving the security deposit for qualified applicants,charging a pet fee or not,paying for any water,sewer,trash for the tenant included in the rent,including appliances,or giving a rent credit on move in, and many other factors.Rent rates can look good until you see how many landlords you are competing with,quality of the product,and incentives given driving down the net rent before debt service and depreciation.

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