Secondly, the property itself has had a lot of non paying tenants in the past so for me personally, not sure if that local neighborhood is really a winner for me.  1031 exchange requires you to replace the property within a certain period of time and i just cannot find anything in that short window. 

I’d like to establish some relationships with some folks as my wife and I build our portfolio of real estate.

Since we typically acquire properties that require at least cosmetic work and the tenants are paying below market value, it is always better to coordinate a reasonable timeframe with the seller for the tenants to leave.

For DSCR lenders, pre-approvals require a credit pull and the assumption of the property appraising for near what the borrower states.

Have you looked into DSCR Loans - they are the current go-to for STRs and don't require any DTI, and are back pretty consistently at 20% down min.Check out this recently published article on BP on this exact topic, hope it helps!

Sometimes in states like OH or PA, a lender might require you to buy it out, which increases your rate. 

Cousin’s $275 million investment secured a 50 percent ownership in the project’s first and second phases.The first phase is set to include 388,000 square feet of office space, 60,000 square feet of retail and 542 multifamily units, a new 14-story office building, as well as the adaptive reuse of an existing structure dubbed the “curved building.”John Clifford, founding principal at S9 Architecture—the studio behind the design of Neuhoff—told MHN that the development establishes a new sub-neighborhood that connects Germantown in the north, south and west.

Buying in A/B-class markets like Marietta and Lawrenceville will not require property management as long as you properly screen prospective tenants.

Established the LLC, EIN, business checking, business insurance, accounting, etc (all the boring stuff) 2.

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