Whenever a lender tried to undercut the market in 2020 by 0.25%, they got slammed with more business than they could handle, it would take 4 months to close a simple purchase or refi, and they'd get a bunch of horrible reviews online, local realtors would start to hate them, you get the idea.

Use thumbtack and find people with lots of reviews.

When reviewing a multi-property for purchase you do need to consider those factors and many more.

The easement needs to be pulled from the land records and reviewed.

MetLaw is a service that I had been using lately for support towards RE contracts and other legal.  They have a large selection of lawyers.
Wondering if any of you have experiences and willing to share ideas about th...

I started an application with Neat Loans and they advertise a good rate and low closing costs for an investment property refinance.It looks like they were a company that was rebranded into Neat Loans this spring and some of the old reviews that refer to to previous brand were negative, especially about them not being able to perform the closing after the application is submitted and approved.Has anyone had experience with Neat loans?

Tab 1 - State level Rent Metrics (Zillow)Tab 2 - Home Value (Zillow) Tab 3 - Zip code Rent prices (Zillow)Tab 4 - Zip code population example data (https://www.florida-demographi...)Tab 5 -  Zip Code mapping (Google search - forgot source lol)Tab 6 & 7 - US Census Data 2020 & 2010

It's vital to learn housing metrics such as, average SFH sales price, average vacany rate, lease comparables for different properties/subdivisions.

Make sure you check them them out first (Google, reviews), but also consider the fees they charge, ask about their process, how they do draws.

If billed monthly, you can tell her the time to review them passed.