Your insights, advice, and recommendations would be invaluable to me in this decision-making process.Thanks!

Any good CRM's you could recommend?

@Oliver Martinez you could have used the "@name" format to include everyone you wanted to reach out to on a single response, instead of entering 6 copies of the same message:)Unless you plan to live in the property (owner-occupied) you will typically need at least 20-25% down to get a mortgage - unless you find a private investor to fund your acquisition.Also, as you've found, most of these lenders have minimum loan amounts of $75k-$100k.Unless you are a VERY experienced investor, we don't recommend buying rentals in the City of Detroit under $80k.

I recommend reading “Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties” - I found it to be very helpful when I got started investing 2.5 years ago.

I would recommend using a real estate bookkeeping software that will help you with a lot of these questions.

You can tell declined applicants the reason for their denial, but I would recommend not going into too much detail.

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learning curve is in commercial lease negotiations and challenges of “island time” contractors and professional services Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I recommend using the company that you have other policies with since they'll be able to provide you a bundle discount. 3 - Look at market rate, and charge slightly under.

RE Experts, What would you recommend?