I also listen to the podcasts (almost done catching up on those) and read some of the blog post.

Apparently i was about 2,800 dlls short on my escrow and my payment was about to increase to 2,455 the first year to catch up and will stay at 2,255 after that.

I may just repaint then stage and get it out on the market ASAP to catch the end of snowbird season.

Trying to play catch up from last week, so I am a bit behind!

I asked many questions to try to find out what the catch is, if I need to have any money, if this is legal, etc. and everything seemed to pan out except for the following..  

I am not from Baltimore but it seems like the construction happening in South Baltimore is just the beginning of what I think will spread throughout the city.Also, the amount of rent you can charge compared to the price of the house is very eye catching in Baltimore. 

Over time, the SFH's will eventually catch up to, and outperform the multi's.  

But from what I learned about it so far makes me wonder why this is not a more popular choice to acquire real estate since your credit is not at risk and also not much money down is needed except enough to catch up on what’s behind and whatever is agreed upon.

It's always easier to catch a dog when you run away from it then towards!

The biggest catch to commercial is that you need more % down (which may or may not be a problem depending on location and size of property), and loan terms.