The people close to me often give voice to my own fears so the doubt is usually mine and we try to run through it together to find where the downside is.

Also FHA 203K program is for purchase rehab if you're buying owner occupied.QM or Qualified Mortgage legislation goes into effect Jan 1, 2014 min Fannie/Freddie conventional loans will be 95% LTV.There is a conventional purchase/rehab loan for investors at 75% LTV of as completed value..

This is what you will need for a conventional investment property mortgage 100% for sure.SFR 20% Requires Down2-4 Units Require 25% Down620 Minumum FICO (any open derogatory items must be taken care of)45% DTI requires 6 months PITI reserves45-50% DTI requires 12 months PITI reservesFICO and LTV effect your rate so the more you put down and the higher FICO you have the better interest rate you will receive.

I live at the lake, and no doubt lack of water effects property values here, but city policies also depress values.

So would the isolation of my island effect the number of investors interested in flipping/purchasing real estate?

These properties would have already been taken by the banks by now if it wasn't for the 'robo-signing fiasco' which effectively restarted many of these foreclosures.So there you have it on 'Ghosttown' (nickname for Irvington by some of the young locals).

I was worried about what that was going to do to my plans to build new houses.It's a long story but the net effect was that construction went CRAZY all over the state for a couple of years.

This is the after-effect of hurricane Sandy, the recent Colorado floods, and other flooding/natural disasters.

In the winter, less heat/cold will effect home.

In addition to what I posted, I just wanted to let you know that the "quuuuiiiicccck tips" for Postlets advertised it (and got my tenant), my Google voice number fielded the calls annnnd now that I just finished The 4 Hour Work Week, I have a whole new thought process on moving forward.