I feel like I'm jumping through hoops of fire to find out if this list of properties that I received from the city is really worth spending my marketing dollars towards.

My partner recently received her real estate license and as a Realtor she gets half as much grief when it comes to asking these questions.

The draw back to these loans is that they are more paperwork heavy than the other "portfolio" types of loans....but if you have ever received a loan on your primary home, it's likely that you will go through the same type of paperwork here with conventional lending.

I was hoping to get some experienced investor opinions regarding the concept of receiving less cash flow( but still positive), for the potential of a huge increase in value not so far down the road.

I received a call from a motivated seller and went to see the property today.

Personally I prefer to always use My own agent, but the Homepath procedure seems pretty robotic, with no emotion involved other than the listing agent wanting to make a deal.I do see one advantage to dealing directly with the Listing agent however, and that is that all information received, has only gone thru one person instead of two, i.e. listing to buyers agent to buyer.This two person path, always keeps Me wondering about accuracy.

I could spend 3-5k on each of the upper 4, the 2 lower units are not even close to ready, flooring cabinets ect.Owner drops other shoe: The commercial lender has decided to "Not renew smaller property loans" (As per owner)He has received a "Foreclosure notice" yesterday, He also mentioned the bank did an "Environmental exam" a few days ago.He owes $258k on the property, an educated guess tells Me it will appraise between 175k-225k depending on who wants the appraisal.I know most would run away and I may do that.

Two years after buying a courthouse foreclosure we received a "demand letter" for a lien placed by the city on a property where a "lot cleanup" (among other issues) occurred.

I'm doing everything in my power to get to the point where I can leave my job and receive all my income from REI.

You cannot use your SD IRA as a down payment and receive a loan to you personally from the bank.