With lower mortgage interest rates comes increased competition so the sweet spot may be sometime towards the end of this year.That said, if you see a property you like, the best advise is to shoot your shot and submit an offer that makes sense to you and if they bite, you win and if they don't, you didn't lose.

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Get with a good agent who understands short term rentals because the more of these you do then you can scale the insurance under a Business Owner Provider Policy (BOP) and then you don't end up with a dozen individual policies out there for each property that cost you a fortune.

I've never once had a tenant ask for a radon test before.My question was, 'Can I legally get out of this?'

Having a 24 month term on the front end will also make my job easier doing the take-out loan when it's time to refinance into permanent debt, because there's room in there for a full year of tax returns to have been done in the middle (if your exit plan is to sell, it'll also make it easier on your buyer who will presumably be willing to pay a higher price if they can get an A-paper good mortgage).Ask for a 24 month term, tell your contractor you want it done in a year (and make it financially worth their while if they can pull it off), internally/mentally plan on 18 months, and I'm putting you on notice now to do your tax returns on time, rather than extending them (don't fight me on this, please just do it).Trying to get a renovation mortgage like this for only 1 point is likely a waste of your time, but if you want to ask, after you've secured the above as a 'done deal,' go for it, can't hurt. 

I was able to get them for free in the end.

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Yea everyone has an opinion here about the neighborhoods but at the end of day you buy what you can afford and can handle the stress that comes with it.

We have never paid our construction company for services.

Im hoping everything is settled by end of June, I believe that is when everyone moves around to be in their new homes by July1st.