Where creditably is everything.

Dedicate one checking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

I was wondering did Cleveland market crash really bad in the last Real estate crash in 2008-2011? 

Something to note, if you pay cash for the house and later require access to those funds, utilizing a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) allows you to retrieve that money.Secondly, the right approach for investing depends on several factors.

This will hurt you badly during the inspection process.

Commonly, these proceeds are used for further real estate investment or costs related to the borrower’s real estate business and strictly can‘t be used for personal uses, such as paying off personal credit cards or any nonbusiness expense.DSCR loans are “primarily based on the property,” meaning that the lender evaluates and qualifies the deal mostly but not completely based on the property’s investment potential.

For rehab, credit cards and home depot/lowes credit can help.Does the Rehab have to be done upfront? 

Hi, I've searched through a lot of credit unions and other banks and the cap on the HELOC amount I'm seeing is 250K.

You can have 3/4 of the lease payments credited to principal if you wanted, and then lock in a juicy purchase price that gets him/her salivating. 

I would try to find receipts, at least contact credit card company or bank for checks or CC receipts.