Growing, Maintaining, looking to adjust to maintain returns, Looking to reduce risk....These two voices will steer you to the geography and type of real estate best for you. 

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Make sure you document your original cost so you can show the loss on your taxes. :-). 

Purchase price: $210,000 Cash invested: $53,0003 bdr 1 bath sfh in a B+/A- area in Rochester.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

It's a bit of a weird situation for me to even be in as it's more of a 'living situation' house for us and not an investment in the traditional sense that I normally think of purchases as so it's been weird / impossible to take of the investor hat even during a much different type of transaction.

If they are really good, they will pre-fill it with the Applicant's information so you can email or mail it without having to type anything in.Here's one you can save and fill in electronically: https://assets-global.website-...

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

In addition to price you should condsider the quality of the company (AM Best rates, Insurance dept complaints, reviews,....) and the quality of the agent (do they know this type of business, how many companies do the represent, etc..)

I just haven't figured out the best approach to document that arrangement.That being said, I haven't investigated leveraging other lenders via white paper or brokering loans, primarily because I like the returns and the relationships.Jeff,  Thanks for the suggestion for AAPL. 

I've typed my response and tucked it away in my proverbial drawer.