For people living in the coastal regions (Seattle, LA, Bay, East Coast) where rent to value ratios are under 0.75% It is one of the biggest mistakes to purchase your home.

Or perhaps a regional bank.  

Does anyone know of any good local lenders, credit unions, regional banks that may have less restrictive underwriting requirements that would entertain such a conversation now that I have 1 profitable asset under my belt and a pretty good W2 salary to personally guarantee it?

I was able to get the attention of a person I admire with 23 years of experience and is at the top 5% of their region and set up a lunch. 

Hi Joe,The actual closing rate on these, that I have seen, is somewhere around 50% (this could be regional, idk).

It is also very important for investors to be knowledgeable about local, regional, as well as national investing markets so that they can be sure that they are making the very best decision possible, increasing their success.Key Takeaways: Failure to properly vet an investment is the lead cause of commercial real estate failures.

also looking for someone. in the River North region. currently have a small portfolio.

Hi , I am looking for Land development friendly real estate agents who are familiar with land development, maximizing land use, who have prior experience with working with investors for building multi family homes- duplexes, tri or 4 plexes on finding vacant lots or homes with larger lots in Greater Seattle region in Snohomish, King or Pierce county in washington state.

I'm active in the Lansing, MI region.  

These loans are usually only found at small regional banks or Credit unions think small.