At this stage (early days), my interests are Tennessee & Texas - but I'm certainly open to looking at other locations with high inventory & high demand. 

I give 3 or 4 construction draws for 100% of the estimated rehab cost, but I give them in arrears of each stage of the construction, so the borrower must also have 25 - 33% of the cost of the rehab in reserves, as well as reserves to cover carrying costs. 

I am in the research stage right now.  

I am in the early stages of investing and business planning and swimming in data from the first couple of deals.

Sorry Naga, I'm not sure where in the world you are from...but this is an utter waste of time.  

The line of garbage about him doing you a favor is utter crap.

I listen to a bunch of AM radio, and always here the LU ads, so in doing some diligence on them I found BiggerPockets, which I think is going to be a tremendous win for me.I'm in the beginning stages of investigating if a multi family investment is something that makes sense for me, and I'd like to do it in the Dallas or surrounding counties. 

BOTH- All properties must cash flow after costs (PITI, vacancies, maintence. etc) however, I'm not looking to live off of this income at this stage of my life and thus target properties in areas that will continue to appreciate in rent and value.  

I personally am not at the "landlording" stage yet.

Would home staging be considered a permissible closing cost?