Since March I have mailed a total of approx 1800 letters distributed pretty evenly across Mar/Apr/May/June/July.

My father met a guy who was selling a pre manufactured warehouse and some farm equipment he was interested in.

Loan amount: 735660 Loan : Jumbo Down payment : 25% Credit: Excellent (800) Closing: Sep 20th. 2017 Lender: BOA(Bank of America) Loan term: 7/1 arm Interest rate: 2.875% APR: 3.484% Closing cost Credit: $3303 Interest Lock in time : 60 days (until Sep 25th) Lender Fees: $1465 3rd party/Appraisal and all those add ons (Section B from Loan estimate): $819 Title (North american title company) + Section E from Loan estimate: $4821 Prepaids : $2000 I was shopping for Title company and found NATC to be even cheaper than entitle direct by $300.

Out of curiosity, I reached out to the lender who helped with my first property, and now I have a pre-qualification letter in hand at 25% down, 4.75% interest, total estimated monthly payments of $575.

Put the bigger down payment and get the lower APR with option A.  

You can look up a pre foreclosure list on listsource.com .

You can ask your real estate agent for preferred lenders, search online or talk to your bank about financing.The reasoning behind getting prequalified is to ensure that you can afford the properties you're looking at and also have a pre-approval letter to go out with your contract should you decide to proceed.

A log cabin close to skiing areas.

[Cost to replace everything / years of service + expected yearly turnover costs) ] / 12 = monthly set aside into a high apr savings (capex).  

You might be surprised to find she may consider this more than you expect.Last but not least, one other little [sneaky] trick of the trade would be to get a pre-approval letter from a hard money lender.