That’s a great question, if rates decrease and you cash out refi into a fixed rate loan in 3-4 years then 25% down is a better deal, but only if you have the reserves and the risk capacity to cover if rates increase in the next 5 years.

You have a relatively brief window in which to do that (3 years before the benefit decreases, 5 before its gone).

You can do that simultaneously by increasing rents and decreasing expenses. 

I am on the slow end of adopting new technologies but even as such, I realize that the technology Scott mentioned does indeed decrease the value of a Kiosk for a vast majority of the customers in most markets.  

@Jason RamosIf your DTI is too high, you need to increase your income or decrease your debt.

The only way to bring down housing costs is to increase supply or decrease demand, whether that's by building more, by emigration, or by something else.  

When the cycle ends and a downturn hits, vacancies increase and rents drop which increases expenses and decreases income.

Which decreases your income more.  

It goes on to state that the outgoing Secratary of HUD said that this rate decrease would save the average low income borrower about $500/year.$500 in savings per year would equate to $41/month.

David Beard "It's been stated that an expert wholesaler needs to know as much or more as an expert rehabber (about estimating rehab and ARV) in order to ensure they will make a profit when selling, "Yes its definitley a problem here in TX there are some wholesalers that INTENTIONALLY inflate ARV and decrease the needed repair costs.I am very conservative with the ARV.