Compare average rental rates to ensure the potential income will cover expenses and provide a good return on investment. 

I am focusing on trying to find off market deals and working with creative finance since expansion is slow moving based on my salary, and I'm too impatient to wait for the duplexes to earn another down payment.Is there a financing option that I am missing to get a loan for a down payment?

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There needs to be a really good reason, or this loan may very well be denied, even if DTI and everything else lines up.Going from a 4/2 1.5 hour commute, to a 3/1 45 minute commute? 

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I urge everyone to review and get involved quickly as the timeline is very short to provide feedback.I have attached the supporting documents for everyone's review.

My dilemma is that I worry that commercial lenders won’t fund any renovations or wrap it into the loan.

If you refinance the property now the loan would be $100K at 20% down and $80K would have gone to repay the original loan.First, if these are your numbers for rehab cost and after repair value, it is probably not a good deal to begin with and you shouldn't be doing it.

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Im wondering details how commercial loans work.