Plus this lender's product is a 40 yr loan with 10 year interest-only at 4.25% and then 30 yr P&I at 4.25. 

I've always taken the approach of providing a great product in a good location (close to blue line and highway as you mentioned). 

I'm only just starting out and I can see where a lot of what you include here is the product of hard-won experience.

It is such a popular product that people are pricing the listings well above anything that can be justified by the rents.

My initial thought is to generate an excel doc to capture, organize, and automate this process, but hoping there are more sophisticated options available. 

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They must also develop credibility and trust to attract capital to fund future deals, as well as, educate and nature others about their product offerings.

Purchase price: $350,000 Purchased off market with private money, currently refinancing to 30 year loan product.

They do such horrible things as create jobs, create investments, create new products and more.