Hi Nathan -- we're trying to develop a non-bank funding source to grow a rental portfolio, nothing more than that.Why non-banks?

DTI us usually for conventional/consumer loans.

We covered strategies for using social media to build your business blog, and I emphasized the need to use targeted channels like BiggerPockets (for REI people) to grow your name and brand. 2 - I met almost all of the bloggers that I've looked up to for years now.

These degrees of separation will create an "iron veil", and while it is over kill for a portfolio of just a few properties, if you plan to grow to any size, you will be set with the ground work in place.

I've been in houses when the basement was completely gutted and the reason was that water got in the basement and mold was growing everywhere.

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What a great rate, almost free cash to use while your ETF portfolio keeps growing.

From a licensing point of view you will need two licenses, the MLO and a consumer lending license for the company.The exception to that rule is if you are financing a home that you actually lived in for two years or more and it was your declared primary residence on your income tax forms.Even with the licenses go a plethora of compliance issues from Red Flag to Debt Collection practices, and everything in between.

I bought it outright, financed the costs to fix it up but need to wait 6 months from the purchase date to get a mortgage on it to cover the fix-up financing (5% with mortgage vs. 12-19% consumer credit).