This situation could be ideal for me.Has anyone had any luck finding lenders that will do this kind of loan?

Ideally you'd have a mix.

Although I don't personally use home inspectors on my purchases, I deal with a lot of them when selling and there is a wide variety.As an investor or a buyer, I would want an inspector with actual construction experience.

A buy and hold investor will be looking for a certain return, which will depend on other factors.

So guess there is just a safety factor for me because I know what the tenant will be like since I have rented in these areas myself.Some of the worst nightmare stories I've heard form long term investors I know (that favor SFR's now) are from 4-plex's they owned in bad parts of San Bernardino CA on blocks with mostly apartments.

If you assign the contract, your buyer takes on this risk.I would never accept a deal where there is no requirement for clear title, unless I had already done a title search myself and ensured that any liens were factored into my analysis.

This may factor into being able to argue that you are trying to keep up with the trends in the market.Do you do any flipping?

Back end can technically go to 45%, I think, but only if excellent credit and compensating factors that will improve the ratio in the next 12 mths, for example.

That was my first thought as well, but then I realized that there is principal pay-down that needs to be factored in; I don't have a calculator handy, but I'm guessing it's somewhere between 4-5%.Still crazy cheap, though!

Great Ideal for many, but it drove my multi-units rental rates from $500 to $425 a month.