The REO agents represent the banks and will disclose obvious maladies, but if a bank requests the agent to selectively forget something, it happens.

Its an excellent book and is totally on point with what works in which part of the market cycle.

Your mortgage lender is responsible for selecting the 203k Consultant for you.

Depending on the rehab 30-90 days.Rent - Select a great tenant - the property is now a producing assetRefinance - I always use local banks.

From our conversations the tax deferring strategy has been great and excellent margins. 

There's a lot to learn... figuring out the best investment strategy for you, crunching numbers, picking the right property, managing a renovation, selecting tenants and self-managing, residential tenancies act issues when things don't go smoothly, etc... 

This is what I use and I think it is an excellent tool for the price.

For this reason I would always recommend being pre-approved with a lender and making sure the seller considering your offer knows you are pre-approved with an excellent lender (usually NOT quicken loans BTW).

Based on the down payment it sounds like it will be owner occupied, unless it's not a conventional loan.If owner occupied with excellent credit, solid income with low DTI, that rate is very high!!!  

1)  My CPA Firm / Tax guy is *excellent*.2) Two years in a row (2019 and 2020), I've had a non-tax related issue come up during "tax season" where I needed CPA/Tax/Accountant advice, and was given a "too busy" response.Last Year (2019 Jan/Feb): I needed some accounting work done related to accredited investor status and a new private equity investment I was looking into.