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. 

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

Is that's simple, is all.  

Could be as simple as a roof or complex as the foundation.  

Keep it simple. 

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.  

-Simple assignable contract-Remember you are selling contracts NOT houses, as you are not a licensed RealtorI am a local Rehabber in Savannah, if you want to add me to your buyers list I look for properties in Savannah and surrounding areas with a purchase and rehab price under $150k.

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