Lou M. - A lot of investors will tell you the ROI will be much higher when you leverage to the hilt and that the taxes are higher when you don't have that "interest payment" deduction.

At least for those who deal directly with private (non-institutional) sellers.

Massachusetts, 291 U.S. 97, 105 (1934)

If you're looking for long term financing, a bank (or similar institution) is your absolute best bet.Anyone who advertises isn't a private lender.

There have been many changes to seller financing, institutional lending as well, I really doubt there is a book with current compliance issues covered.

My business is a single member LLC..In short I approached them with only the intentions of securing my personal primary residence and was told that bc the property had been cross collateralized with others in the old biz loan that I had no other way of securing my home either through them or with another institution.

More likely it will go to an asset manager for disposition - lending institutions need to ensure they get the highest price for their reo properties.We are also assuming the credit unions still hold the mortgages; they may just be servicing the mortgages for third party investors.

The claim on the webinar that entire blocks of single family homes will be institutionally owned doesn't square with reality.

(Member American Appraisal Institute) Appraisal.6 Further, any such amount verified by the appraisal to be owed to the defaulting party is to be paid--less a reasonable default fee that is specified within the Beneficiary Agreement (e.g., $2,000.00 is standard); and less all past-due payment amounts, late fees, other penalties, unpaid charges or special assessments.

Would also be interested in how you manage a 35-unit property, what mix of BR's you like in a complex, and what you've found to be the best sources for institutional financing.