The interest rates are competitive across the board, it's not going to come down to that for most buyers.National Bank: This is the 'standard,' the 'baseline,' what most people do. 5 year prepayment penalty is slightly unfortunate, as many pontificators say rates will be dropping "soon," and it may make refinancing a little more painful.

As an investor, you should only make numbers-based purchases.Also, agents are only transaction-based - if they make a mistake (or choose to take advantage of your naivete) they still get their commission check and can disappear:(So, a great PMC is often the best choice to start with, since they obviously know the rental market and they have to deal with whatever they help you buy, on a daily basis after the purchase!

Check it out 

When she saw the extra fee, she wanted to get off Cozy and mail me a check.

At the end of the day to combat that the rehabber hired retired cops who were on site to check ID of all the workers and that really cut down the theft..

This is standard for most balloon finance prom notes.

In Oregon the buyers deposit is generally fully refundable during the standard 10 business day contingency period (unless waived) and the difference in deposit could be interpreted as the level of commitment the buyer has towards the transaction, within reason.

@Wei Jie Yang,Check with a local credit union.MIke

Check to see if there are any purchase + rehab options. 

Next deal like this I'll probably just double-double check that I have more cash ready to go than needed, even when the lender says it's all good to go.