I am closing on a multi-family (3-4 units) buy & hold investment in East Boston.Purchase price: $969,000Down Payment/ Closing Costs: $113,000I am in the process of buying my first property, using a 2 for 1 buydown, which is in a non flood zone in East Boston.

Contrast that to the bond market--the source of movement for all manner of interest rates--which frequently moves more than 8 times in any given second.In other words, the financial market is able to make its move well in advance of the Fed and that's a substantial part of the explanation for the drop in mortgage rates seen over the past year.

How do you build trust and present your deals to make them more appealing?

@Abraham BerkowitzI suggest you focus on making money on this deal and not on reducing future hypothetical taxes. 95% of first-time flippers lose money on their first deal once everything is accounted for.

You want to break down your preference in regard to sale price, down payment, program, (SFR/MFH), seasoning is important, and the two R's you want to pay most attention to is the Renovate and Refinance.Most investors make the mistake on the renovate or refinance and sometimes both.You also have to figure out if your buying as a Primary or investment because if you buy as a primary you always refinance before you rent. 

This was not like taking out a regular mortgage, There were all sorts of hoops to jump through and tons of extra paperwork to fill out but my Realtor and Lender made the process easy!

In either instance, I would certainly have an attorney make sure everything is buttoned up and legal to protect you both.  

Building an ADU on someone else's property makes no sense to me.

Stanton,When you apply for a mortgage the process requires a search to see what properties you own.

After paying closing costs, title fees, appraisal, origination, underwriting, processing, legal and other fees, the typical refinance costs about 1.75 - 2.5% of the loan amount just in closing costs (obviously before people yell at me, this varies drastically by state, but having done loans all over the country I find this to be a pretty accurate estimate).  2) Keeping the average 2% cost in mind and the fact that people typically refinance when rates drop about .75% - 1% or more, I wanted to see if paying an extra point now when I was already paying all the closing costs to buy the rate down made sense. 1 point can get you between .5% - .625% off the rate depending on the days pricing and the coupon you are pricing.