(There should be no real reason they can't schedule the billing change ahead of time, but our utility company is notorious for making mistakes or causing delays- I've had them bill both the tenant and I for the same period, then credit me a year later.)

I joined one but I feel like they are too far ahead of me and need a smaller group to start.

Hi all,Don't have a property in mind for this but thinking ahead.

You are right to be concerned but you can prepare for the worst ahead of time to mitigate some of your downside risk.It starts with the acquisition underwriting. 

Well looking back I should have contracted out a lot more out, I would have been time and money ahead.

As long as I find out the auction were from 1st lien's trustee, then I could go ahead to participate bid?

This job taking up a lot of my time which i would rather be using to get me towards my goal of financial freedom of which real estate investing is my vehicle of choice!

I would say also work on identifying your comps ahead of time (recently sold and also active listings) just so you're ready to submit the information when they ask for it.

Well he agreed to prepay 4 months and give one months security deposit, he also agreed to stay 4 months ahead of rent and I said that the eviction process will start the second he falls behind because NJ has a long tough eviction process.

Id ask them to have a head underwriter review or have a different processor comment because although I'm not a residential lender I'd venture to guess that the actual guidelines state what is based on the credit report.it could however be an overlay that they are doing right now just being more conservative.