But I am not sure that the history of interest rates in recent years is at all ordinary or indeed sustainable.

Just take your time, think it through and know that there is almost always a solution to the problem provided you are unwilling to take 'no' for an answer.

As far as the duplexes for investors, I don't love the numbers in the mid 160's per side and $1295 may be tough to sustain in that area if you had 3 or more of these on the market at a time. 

That seems like a pretty simple solution to me.

I need to do some due diligence on Everbooked and Beyond Pricing to really dig in to the sustainability of Airbnb in that market, but I was inspired by BP's recent podcast with Zeona McIntyre on the subject and had an 'aha' moment while we were driving to Annapolis to go look at houses recently.

The problem is he has bad credit so a cash out refi or line of credit wont work on any of these properties.What would be the best solution for getting a rehab loan for 3-6 months?

Hope this helps you find a solution...best of luck!

There are a lot of options out there and no silver bullet solution (that I've found).

HM is a bridge solution in most cases between the purchase and when you can get conventional financing (or sell).

Carpets can be rinsed with a solution of one of these products mixed with the rinse water in the carpet cleaner (test for color fastness first!)