Currently I am looking at Fannie Homestyle loans, traditional 20% down commercial loans, and small bank construction to perm loans.

For the traditional buyer or investor, you may be paying more than you need to in order to obtain the information you want.

(it was nor foreclosure/short sale at acquistion time or now-traditional sale) Have since made friends with the buyer and we're progressing to a closing late June.

Firms lay people off and they traditionally take lower salaries in new sectors at smaller companies.

Would it be roughly the same as when traditional banks foreclose?  

I guess I'm just interested in what the community thinks of our non-traditional rental option.

When (and IF) traditional banks ever decide to re-fi at 100%, we will most likely be where we were in 2006-2009 where our pets could get a mortgage.  

To help my clients succeed and aid in my own confidence as an investor, I needed to “have a guy” for everything.Finding A BankAs a Realtor, I worked with a number of traditional lenders writing conventional, VA, and FHA loans for clients, so I had a basic understanding of the inner workings of the loan process.

I don't plan to use traditional lending for my first deal, but maybe the right bank will have an option I could use.

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