They tend to attract big companies, hospitable systems, cool downtowns with good restaurants, lots of events, and are usually a 1-2 hour drive from a major metro and airport.

This is an old trick in the insurance industry:  If you have a risk that you no longer feel good about, find an opportunity to cancel. 

.* My insurance carrier does not accept escrow payments, so I would need a solution that wouldn't require escrow or something creative with the escrow.Property Details:Duplex located in Wisconsin (city of approximately 9,000 people)Purchase date:  05/10/2024Purchase Price:  $85,000Rehab:  $31,000ARV:  $140,000 (still need to have appraisal completed - this is based off of my comps)Projected rent:  $1,450 / month (just listed so no leases yet. 

Start cold calling and find an amazing deal.

If you can't satisfy this 3 point test, there's significant risk associated with pursuing an STR strategy no matter how well the project underwrites today.

Hi, I'm screening tenants for a single family home and the husband has no credit history but makes the bulk of the income.

cool. 

Some options are:-No point - rates at 7.75%-Can buy down to 6.99 but cost 1.5%-Wait till next year or later when rate goes down.I also have to bring the LTV to 75%.

I believe with a CAR purchase agreement and conventional lending underwriting there is no way to specify a disbursement of funds to me as a "assignment fee" for "X" $'s.Any thought's out there?

In the meantime, I wrote a book called The Turnkey Revolution and made this post with questions to ask based on the advice in that book:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/200098-quest...