I don't know who to contact, but I live in Phoenix area and am thinking to start with a condo but will need some financing.Just sold my primary residence so no debt, good credit and will be living in my condo which I own free and clear.Looking for advice......

Property value $360k~- Property owner is self employed, can't get a loan from a bank- Primary residence for ownerHow would you underwrite this deal (property and owner), negotiate terms, ect?

@Greg FontenotHey Greg, some ways (outside of paying someone 100s of dollars to skip trace them and find a number) are googling their name and seeing if you can find something, searching their name on Facebook to see if you can find and message them, or search that property address on your local tax assessor site and it should tell you their primary residence.

This journey has been VERY trying at times.My first commercial bank got bought out and would no longer loan to out of state investors.My second bank wanted 25% down, plus 6 months worth of reserves for the properties, plus 6 months worth of reserves for my other properties, plus 6 months worth of reserves for my primary residence (even though it was a commercial loan), plus 6 months worth of my credit card payments, plus the tax returns of the seller, plus the lease agreements with the current tenants.A third broker I was dealing with didn't understand for some reason I wanted it to be a commercial loan even though I repeatedly told him so.A fourth banker finally got it, was responsive, and reasonable.

We are really busting our butts on the units we have because we can have them paid off in 5 years from the point of purchase.We use airbnb.com as our primary reservation portal.  

If I can sell the current home, then I don't think there's an issue since it's my primary residence, and any profit would be allowed to roll into the new one.But if I turn it into a rental - then do I have to pay taxes on the profit from the original purchase price ($60k under market value) and the sell price?

You will also want to contact a few insurance companies to get quotes as vacation rental policies can sometimes be more expensive than on your primary residence. 

It would be devastating to overextend yourself and have the unexpected occur on FOUR projects, to the extent that you are unable to rent them and now you are stuck with four house payments, insurance, taxes, etc. and I assume you plan on having a primary residence, so five payments.

I own a rental in my own name, because it was my primary residence that I converted.

Hey all, I'm stationed in Germany and am sending mywife nback to Washington state due to some medical issues with my daughter.....we would like to buy a multifamily home with VA for her when she arrives and then move ...