Hannah,If you private message me, I am happy to share our rental application and resident selection criteria.

He currently places a very low value on it based upon your conversation. 

Home is in a c+/b- area with private driveway. 

I'm looking to fund deals and am curious about opinions/experiences on crowdfunding sites vs private money etc.

Not to mention points on the mortgage if you're doing a private lender (though I don't know any private lender giving 7% at a 30 year term to someone with 0 experience, and I'm also not sure what the point of splitting the difference between FHA and private lender is...you're either doing one or the other....)I'd put the cash on cash closer to 4-5% on this.

I've also considered looking into becoming a private lender but I feel I should experience the RE game myself before I start lending money out to others.I've been researching heavily, pounding through 1-2 podcasts a day and am in the process of finding a lawyer, accountant, agent and any other people I may need in my RE journey.

Anyone out there in Oakland knows what is the average time frame in condo conversion in Oakland california for a 2 unit flat that is vacant?  

@Art Mimnaugh - Will definitely reach out to you privately with further questions about your own experience working the Columbus market.

I strongly advise that you should always have a conversation to have a mortgage professional vet you with basic information first.I could get into a great length of detail on almost everything I touched base on, but I tried my best to keep this short enough to get to the point.

I want to get started in Real Estate Investing, I have a paid off home in Arizona. looking to refinance and do the whole BRRRR Strategy BUT the problem is that i am a foreign national and refinancing my home is nearly impossible I've called close to 20 banks and private lenders and most of them dont even deal with foreign nationals and the ones that do make it nearly impossible to invest with the high points closing costs and rates. what i was thinking of doing is adding a U.S. citizen to the tiltle of my home and having a Co- Ownership Agreement in place in order to refinance thru them and gt the best rates most money and lowest closing costs