Also, traditional lending, and refinancing, is harder and harder.

"This will only further hamper tight supply and put major investors in direct competition with traditional buyers."

The second was a traditional finance at $203,296 with an inspection and finance contingency, and the third was an attempt at creativity inspired by Greg S. 

This is a very expensive way to finance flipping and we are going to more traditional loans as we get more experienced.  

There's a sweet spot ("not busted and torn apart, but also not not updated and current... juuuust right") where the property is traditionally financeable, but severely neglected. 

Im trying to buy and increase my portofolio and every time that im negotiating with a seller they are "scared" of doing it because they are used to traditional financing.

Areas that have traditionally been undesirable are transitioning.

So I'm assuming that landlords will need to find additional sources for information on applicants.What additional sources do you use for screening tenants besides the traditional credit score, eviction, and landlord references?

What percentage do management companies traditionally charge for management?  

From that, financing our first deal with traditional loan would not work ( and it did not as I have tried mortgage brokers and a number of them are very specific on W2 requirements).