Thanks for reading.P.S:  Anyone else having trouble using @mentions in Chrome on an older Mac?  

I'm an engineer in the medical device field.  

thanks for any clarification. im confused. ( i dont want to sound like a newbie when I talk with professionals) 2 to 4 unit multifamily homes are ones that can be financed with a conventional Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loan.

I didn't realize that Freddie mac type loans can be issued for multifamily properties where there are repairs needed and can be included with the purchase.If I can get some sort of forbearance for the first few months during the renovation ill be golden!

A 1099 is merely a requirement from the IRS and is a device to track those tax losses back to the taxpayer.

I thought for sure the loss mitigators were giving my negotiator the run around, but they were two totally separate lenders - Indy Mac and Ocwen....Also, Ocwen ordered the BPO Thursday to foreclose on Monday...it makes no sense.

You can look at many succesful authors who have used devices like this.

BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own.

Just from a risk/age standpoint, you can take more risk because you don't (presumably) have dependents, obligations, other costs of be a certain lifestyle (we all remember college mac and cheese days) and you have many many years of income to come; therefore, you can mess up a bit the way a 75 year old cannot just based on the number of income earning years ahead.

@Benjamin AllenThe reason investor use Commercial Financing for SFR (4 units) is because they either have used up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac financing or the DTI is too high.