So house for house, apartment building for apartment building.Have your parents considered renting the house they are living in for two years and moving back into the rental unit for 25 months.

For example do you have a great w2 and can you afford to cover costs of a major repair or 3 months of vacancy?

I would pull a FHA loan for $665,000 and live in one side and rent the other side out to a family member for $2,000 a month.

The property rents for about $4K/month total.

I just had tenants move out of my investment property (duplex) without paying for the last month's rent, and the damage they inflicted onto the property exceeds their security deposit amount.

Loan officers with 25 years of experience typically are more experienced, and have less time per file, because they have an abundance of files.Loan officers with 25 months of experience typically are less experienced, but have more time to devote to you.I can't write my own loans, so when I'm getting a loan I prefer working with less busy people when I'm doing my own real estate investment, they're more responsive and dedicated it feels like.

You can't take six months off from reviewing properties and hop back in like nothing happened.

Lets you see if your amazing loan officer was a barista just 6 months ago  ;)Last, consider working with a broker instead of a small lender.

Find out through asking the right questions what will help solve any existing problems, that will give the seller a nice monthly Passive Income Stream, etc. 4.

Just one month of vacancy a year takes away any cashflow you would have.