Hello all,To preface this, I am a newbie at the real estate game!

The other thing you can ask for is a cosigner from someone with better credit.Usually they move on to another landlord with lower standards but I have people jump through my hoops and with the extra "skin in the game" they have been better than average tenants.

That means as clean as possible -- as high a price as I can offer, no help with closing costs, no due diligence period, no contingencies close in 3 days (or as quickly as the seller would like).Even those offers are getting rejected too often...I couldn't imagine playing games and asking for more with my offers.Now, that said, maybe other markets are still buyer-markets and investors can still afford to do this...

Sure miss the old bid select when offers could be made in 10 seconds !

I make my selection for Section 8 tenant as i do with regular tenants.

I live in Austin, travel to Dallas (to visit family) & Boston (for Patriots games) a good amount.

That said, whoever wins the game I will be rooting for in the Super Bowl.

It could put a little more capital in your game and be that one bargaining chip to insulate your from risk when everything else has failed.Michael

I understand wanting folks to have skin in the game, but I have never understood why folks with the capacity to do otherwise borrow hard money at 65% LTC.

Secondly, are you hoping for any appreciation or is this strictly CF game for you.