Deals are made, not found, right now.That's why I (and others) genuinely think you might be more successful in a higher cost market that you can spend time in, rather than a random, "lower cost" market thousands of miles away where you find something that looks nice on Zillow, spend all your savings on it... and then it needs a big rehab you weren't aware of, and you're negative $27K in year 1. 

I made sure to reach out to him at least once a week as a reminder and to make sure he was pushing underwriting.

But I have a sense that I'm not making the most of it and that I could potentially grow my portfolio if I made better use of the value in these properties.

I'd love to hear what decision you are leaning toward or have made in the last 12 months with this question in mind.

The lender is already made whole by the program, but the home does need to at least sell for something close to the appraised value.

I made an offer on the home and it has been accepted. 

Feel free to reach out to me at your convenience.

Let me describe my situation: I moved to the U.S. from another country and feel ready to purchase my first investment property.

I just spoke with them today, sounded interesting but nothing was mentioned about any transactions being made.

I feel that a new investor doing a BRRRR is too risky and does not have a high success rate.