Your best bet is to be honest and explain the circumstances.Perhaps you could talk to them in advance before you spend the money and time for the classes.

If the numbers work and the market sets the price then a 500k investment for a 2 br/1 then so be it.I agree that location, weather, land availability, and jobs(salaries) all play a roll in the cost of a house.Do I think its crazy to pay that much....you bet.

I do anything from networking online, planning out my farming routes to finding more REI networking events to attend.

You can go online and find a dozen homes at 65c on the dollar within 24 hours.The key is to find institutional and individual wholesalers.

Pretty sure both those first choices are loan fraud, unless everything is disclosed to the lender and the lender agrees.A rehab loan or hard money loan with a rate-and-term refi is your best bet, IMHO.

However, my bet is that ten to fifteen years from now these may very well turn into high-density section-8 tenements.

You can check your state laws on affirmative defenses easily by checking your Revised Code online.

michael mentioned the vertex 42 online calculator, and they also offer a spreadsheet for free.http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/loan-amortization-schedule.html

Welcome to the boards and our little online family here.If you "stumbled upon" us, might I ask how?

I'll bet all five of these houses are sucking several hundred apiece out of your pocket.