There are programs out there designed for landlords to refi with.

The wealthy have created rules through work visa programs.

So there are programs out there to help him out and for him to be as independent as he possibly can.

. , the Program Administrator for National Real Estate Insurance Group.

Otherwise, you will need to go the Hard Money Broker route until repaired and he get refinanced out.He can also put his money in to a PPM type program and get perhaps 6-10% on his money without having to qualify for a loan.

The VA is a great source for loan programs, but not all of what you want to do there will qualify, there are a lot of restrictions.

Program an payment was very inticing though

Often this is enough incentive for them to be pretty good tenants, because once they are kicked off the program they are permanently banned.

I'm due to get out in January of 2015 and plan to transition to a career doing freelance programming (which I already do).My goals in real estate are to roll into buy/hold/rent and rehabs.

There are some ridiculous disclosure dreamed up by gurus, those offering programs and lender/operators trying to do unorthodox deals.