Frankly and I was there Armando's students killed it.. we were early into Vegas in 2011 to 2013 buying homes basically all sub 120k I know if funded tons of them now average price in Vegas is closer to 300k for the same props.. when the foreclosures ran out ( thats what I was funding the flipper who was providing the inventory to Armando) they moved to Orlando and same thing we provided capital to buy fix and then sell to Students plus non recourse funding for IRA buyers.. same thing Students bought these for 70 to 120k each everyone of them has doubled or tripled.. 

and that return might be low depending on other investments available to you.you can definitely call lenders and start looking at properties and running numbers though. 

It also offers a tax deduction and is a homestead protected against most financial issues or non payment under a Chapter 13 law and a rental is basically a debt burden that if you cannot pay or something happens you get evicted.

Notify your mortgage lender and insurance company of the transfer of ownership to update financing and insurance coverage.

We want that $500k non-taxed equity!

Old thread, but I'll add my two cents....If you're an investor or savvy home buyer without a buyers agent of your own and trying to make sure the sellers agent presents your written offer, first use county/public records to find out who owns the property.  

I need help with the lender documentation for doing personal mortgage finace as a private lender.

While tenant protections are strong, landlords still have legal recourse to evict non-paying or problematic tenants.

Why are they non-renewing?

Are there private money lenders who do cash out refinancing deals as an alternative?