or is it a standard real estate contract?

As such it also has much more stringent underwriting standards than a hard money loan.

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The rates are higher still but as you increase your investor maturity profile and have multiple SFR's you most likely may end up getting a portfolio loan. 

This is literally damaged our standard of living, and is flat out embarrassing.

I do understand that when / if the assessed value increases, so will the property taxes. 

In speaking to the PM company, I was told that the delinquency on the 12 month P & L tracked the monthly change in delinquency; if we started the month with a delinquency of $1000 on the first and at the end of the month it was $1500, only $500 would show up for that month's delinquency and the overall delinquency balance increases.

If you can increase the income through a legally zoned apartment you will increase the value of the building not just your cash flow so its at least worth pursuing. 1) Call your local zoning board.

The reality is ff we don't close, our capital is tied up, holdings costs continue to increase, and we can't move on to the next property.  

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