Build a team of people to help; an agent who isn't trying to talk you into every opportunity and knows how to analyze a deal; a lender who offers you all the possibilities; an inspection company that can get things done quickly; finally a property management company that comes with good referrals.

As a note... there are properties on the island that are "luxury" but per building department officials my house is the largest residential house on the big island with the biggest residential pool.  

Hi Josh, Additionally, consider building conservative assumptions into your financial projections to account for potential market fluctuations, economic uncertainties, and unforeseen challenges.

I’m here to learn while I build cash reserves and attempt to make my credit as attractive as possible.

I don't mean residential DSCR or other non-qm type loans but rather loans for office buildings, stipmalls, owner occupied SBA loans, etc...

Mix Use buildings are more difficult to finance.

Then I could keep his/her deposit money and any capital improvements put into the building.

It's a scarcity play" What he meant is we purchased land value.for example in Cupertino we had 384 sqft sold for 1.7 mil , purchased probably by developer that want to build house there and selling for 3-4 mil.This is the exception of the game, if we purchase in Cupertino yes the yield is better than CD but if compare to … somewhere in Iowa maybe CD is better

If not, it should have been part of your due diligence to request a loss run report.In any case, if the building is good and your property inspection report is good, and the price is right, just close the deal.

I am good at building a relationship with someone and getting them to open up about their situation and then I’m really good at coming up with creative solutions.