I purchased a property from Fannie Mae via FHA financing in April near Chicago.

I'd approach a Mortgage Broker to run your Credit, put you into DU (Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter) and see what you're qualified to borrow on conventionally.2.

The typical loan will be a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loan and it is difficult to avoid down payments for Non-Owner Occupied property.Other investors may use other collateral or lines of credit for down payments.

FHA, other low down payment options), and some sources (Fannie Mae Homeopath first dibs) are only for owner-occupants.Cons:Buying in Sonoma coast area:Rents on non-vacation rentals are low.If you do vacation rental, it can be time intensive and expensive to operate, depending on how you run it.If you rent in the E.

Most deals that require a loan of 2M or more would be able to shop the loans with Fannie Mae, CMBS, life insurance, and banks. 

I recently closed on my 10th property and, according to Fannie Mae, I'm cut off!

Thanks so much for the help HI Nicole,Fannie Mae has a renovation loan that's similar to the 203k called HomeStyle.

check Fannie Mae guidelines (I assume it is conventional financing).  

And you can also set your offers to close in 10 days which would give you another advantage.There is a fannie mae program that I believe allows you to do a cash out refi in the first 6 months when you pay all cash like that.

All you really need is a Realtor who understands HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the government guidelines of "periods you can have to wait for purchase, if not an owner-occupant".