I've personally worked with a handful of "investor-friendly" lenders, primarily on DSCR loans in recent years, and each time I've run into significant delays, lack of transparency about the process, have been fed the requirements in a piecemeal fashion (every few days there's a new random request rather than having it all organized from the start), and have even run into lenders who were substantially misinformed about the real estate industry or the laws that govern it on both a local and federal level.I think there should be a better site to encourage accountability by tracking how long it actually takes each lender to close their loans on average, and what unexpected hurdles investors encounter when trying to work with them.I can't seem to find such a site.

Looks like that will get absorbed though and starting in 2025 there will be a big lag in construction and deliveries, so hopefully that will help us on rents.For the standard deal now in DFW, break even or a little cash flow probably requires 30-40% down.  

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.  

We allowed the place to do needed repairs-water line running under state route 31 was a big project.

If you're doing a risky flip, the return requirements will be higher. 

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

This particular bank will not support absentee (eg, lives in California or New York) borrowers, and requires a relationship.

If everybody's comfortable staying put for the next five years, you're good.This remind me of another factor you'll have to keep in mind: Ellis Act evictions require 120 days' notice.

They want to send me to the commercial loan department where the rates are awful, closing costs are high, and the requirements much more robust.What if I just get a second-home construction to permanent loan, wait 12-16 months for it to be built, spend another 90-120 days furnishing it, and then refinance into a traditional 30 year fixed as an investment property?

(For properties of this age, months requiring some kind of repair seemed as common as months where nothing needed to be done).b.