Yeah Age of dwelling can be a factor but its still under 100 years old.

One of my main reasons for that preference is because I would prefer for the electricity to be in the tenants' names.

Does APR ever play a factor?

Hope to see you there.NICIA.org Main Monthly Meeting 6:30p-9:00p Indiana Wesleyan University 8415 Georgia St Merrillville, IN 46410

One of the main banks that I use for that is based in Wisconsin and does not lend in NV.

Factoring other "hidden" expenses like vacancy (when you don't have a tenant in there, you'll be paying the PITI and HOA!)

Thats the simple answer mind you.If you are wanting a SFR for your main residence then you either need to make sure that the rent you get, from the unit you use to live in, covers your new mortgage in order to keep the same cash flow and savings.

I'd like to place extra emphasis on the 45 day time limit - which will be the biggest factor influencing your decision.If you have 285k of equity to play with, you're looking at either buying 1 larger multi-family property or several smaller properties, likely amounting to close to or in excess of $1M worth of property.   

Credit union is the best source of financing if you can secure it.She's asking you for a business plan basicly: monthly projection of your payments received from rent and your payments on bills like taxes, insurances, property manager etc.Let's say, you want to buy a house for $70K, update it for $30K and you think your rent will be $2K/month.Then you make a payment plan for each month what is going to be paid: January+July - taxes $1020 each; March - insurance $870, every month water/sewer $50 (if you don't plan on Tenants to pay)When you make it an Excel table, there will be each month left cash flow, which you then add with mortgage payments.That's one of the main projected financials: your cash flow.Income projected as an income&loss statement: $24,000 income from rent                   $2040 - taxes                   $870 - insurance                   $600 - water/sewer                    $2400 - PM                     $4,000 - interest on mortgage- depreciation - maintenance- other expensesWhen you talk to the bank,  they should see positive numbers, not just that you know you'll pay.

I am thinking if these were owner occ though ( I mainly deal with non owner) and the new rules it could be tougher .so I would plan on paying them off.. and if they have not filed a default then you just learn the time lines in that state and you know worse case scenario when you need to pay them off.