Research local development plans, job markets, and any upcoming infrastructure improvements that might positively impact property values.Verify the terms of the existing lease on the rented side.

Comes to find out it had a mortgage on it.

But I’ve only had a handful of profitable months, most of the time I’ve been paying either the mortgage myself or unexpected cleaning & maintenance bills, and my savings has run to zero, so it’s a big loss so far.

You do not have to find the perfect team, as that doesn't exist.

Did you get a commercial loan for the LLC or are you planning on purchasing via a residential mortgage and transferring?

What if one of you loses their job and can't pay their part of mortgage, taxes & insurance?

@V.G Jason thanks that helps the M2M is based on Zillow and Redfin although the numbers listed above are ~100k less per property than what those websites show for each propertyI need to look into recast I am assuming the mortgage broker would know this?

That is likely mortgage fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud as defined by 18 U.S.

There is a primary outstanding mortgage on it (unknown outstanding balance, terms, etc.).

Mortgage interest rates are not “calming down” as I said last week.