The prices got so high that it's forcing everyone out to places where their money goes so much further.

His meetings are standing g room only and I expect that he will be forced to expand one day soon.  

You can be profitable and if the cash isn't flowing favorably you can still be forced out.

I will  have to take ARM 7/1 with 4.25% rate. 

my mortgage (2 family house in NYC) with both tenants don't pay rent at the same time cost me an arm and a leg. at this point, i have no money to hire any lawyer or anyone but myself going to the court thousand times.Thomas S. i agree cameras help only if you have a multi family. nobody want you to install the cameras if you have SFH. cameras helped me. i had no help getting my non paying tenants out. i opened the main door downstair a few times which they live upstair and slammed it close on purposes. she text me why you opened my door. i was naked(which i don't believe). i told her i smell gas leaking which i don't live there and told her i wasn't in your house. you could see my leg was holding the storm door opened on my cameras. i just want to make sure no gas leaks before i called 911 for fire department. i did it a few times to put fears on them. cause i know i can't get them out and not garnish their money.i have nothing to lose at that point. the reason i tell the story i want to help out the landlords. no matter what proof or cameras you have, the judges will let them live for free. you stole something from the store, you robbed someone....etc. you go to jail. i have a mortgage to pay and tenants don't pay rent. they could stay for free without going to the jail. what kind of non sense is that. can the bank let me don't pay the mortgage for 10 months?

I've never seen it be a deal-killer, but in theory it could be the straw that broke the camel's back if it were a super marginal/borderline transaction, such as if there's already several other things already going on that are setting alarm bells off in the underwriter's head.It's similar to the extra scrutiny given to non-arms length transactions (by itself not a deal-breaker at all, but if there's already a bunch of other funky stuff going on that this is piled on top of...), but not as high a level of scrutiny as will be faced by someone working for their family that suddenly has their income double right before they apply for a mortgage.

Just my personal 2 cents worth - I don't see where the law firm or the bank have any legal rights to force someone to pay more at auction.  

The higher your roof, the more difficult it will be and the more tired your arms will be.

Hopefully I'll be able to get something that makes sense, but I'm not going to force a bad deal.

That process is a PITA in NC, at least for C type property.