@Jeremy Cohen, no you don't have to season it.The primary difference is that wholesalers selling to cash buyers never actually own the property.

I believe you have to register with FEMA first, then you will actually get assistance in the form of a loan from SBA at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/Account/Register1 My friend and colleague @tami dubose is going through the process now and she's the one I got the link above from.

Refinancing is a fine balance of having rates low enough and having values in your area to be high enough so that you can actually close because if rates are low but values are low and you cant appraise then the low rates would be of no use.

I have 0 knowledge how real estate in Singapore is and weather if its a good idea to actually do real estate here as Singapore houses tends to be very expensive and there so many strict laws.

Almost all loan files have some things in it you can point to in order to say "it's actually better than Fannie, look at this thing here, and overall look at this super awesome mortgage backed security with all sorts of Fannie Plus loans in it!"

@Tarek Soliman   are you talking 15% of actual build cost ???

The property in question was actually a short sale that only allowed inspections for informational purposes only.

I am interested to hear how many of you have actually invested in POL and how your investments are doing.

Don't waste your time until actually have a portfolio, not just 1 or 2 properties.  

They will devote the bulk of the weekend to attempting to enroll you in a roughly $37,000 program which actually is not intended for beginners, anyway - it's a business development program better suited to established REI businesses.