Bet that got your attention!

For pre-qualifying, an average is a safer bet for what the underwriter will use.In regard to the commission- 2015 YTD would not be pro-rated.

Your best bet is usually with an individual landlord or less desirable property.

It was a value-add property, and if you can find a good value-add property in Los Angeles, that is probably your best bet because prices are so high here to really make it worth it, unless you can put in a sizeable down payment (I.e. 30-40% down, and I wouldn't want to do that on a 2-4 unit.) 

Even if there are insurance claims, you'll have a hard time finding details of damages / repairs - I'd say good luck on that one.Best bet is to find an inspector that can get into the nooks and crannies, give you details of what's what.  

Until they get the signed papers from you and the earnest money and the asset manager signs the offer you have nothing.Make sure you are working with a repeatable agent that knows the process and that is your best bet. 

Your best bet is to find a name-brand brokerage and hire one of their newer agents, someone who has the support in place and is hungry for business.Any decent loan officer should be able to turn out a new pre-approval letter within an hour any day of the weak; use a local lender if you can.As far as cash out of pocket, there are currently a lot of good conventional loan products out there that only require 5% down, which isn't a heck of a lot more than 3.5%.

I bet I listened to six consecutive episodes that day and, over the days following, sort of neglected my bar prep because I was wholly consumed by the topic of real estate investing.

I would bet thats the case.its great if one can get their contractor to wait on payment if it was me I would spiff em 500 to 1000 bucks for doing so...

I think too that just having an LLC as a fortress for liability isn't going to work for you being a single member LLC and you doing the management, your best bet is insurance.