Inspector: to confirm the condition of the house.Insurance provider: where to go for getting proper coverage and get competitive ratesMortgage Broker – I am not sure if they lend to overseas investor?

LO will then schedule an appraisal, where someone will come and appraise the home to make sure they can lend you the amount needed.

Investment lending will likely require 25% down if you are not occupying unit.

From my perspective just in general patch of land is focused on RE and has built up some knowledge of the RE sector where as far as I know Lending up is much more broad and focused on lending in general.

Jane, he is not talking about lending to himself from his retirement account as an investment (that would not be allowed), but rather taking a participant loan from his 401k.

Work for a bank to learn the lending side.

I presently have a self directed traditional IRA thru institution that .

I see advantages to continue renting while we invest in other properties.Only have to take out one loan for the investmentRenting keeps us from any personal maintenance costs we have to incurInvestments can eventually pay for our homeI don't know much about lending rules, but I'm curious to hear from experienced folk on advice here.

Hi,reaching out to the more experienced hard money lenders in this forum.Recently I completed my first hard money lending deal(I am the lender) to a company which is flipping houses.  

Don't see this happening with any institutional loan.Things like portfolio lenders tend to be good in that they will look at the deal and the actual numbers and history of the borrower rather than have their head jammed up Fannie's a$$.However you probably have to put down as much, or likely MORE than with a conventional loan.