@Mark Holencik Sorry Mark, I appreciate your response, I didn't mean regarding paying taxes, I meant as claimable income toward qualifying for traditional financing.

No one was hurt and everything has worked out well thus far.Instead of the aforementioned approach to the 5-unit building - I've simply used some of the insurance $ to go the traditional purchase route.That being said - I had it appraised for 230k......and in 1 year- I can refinance the building if it makes sense.This whole process has been a fascinating learning experience - and I've also realized how much more work a commercial property is to close on than a residential!!!

I really appreciate it, so if the property is procured using traditional funding, then is my understanding correct that the interest would be the the only mortgage component considered for the NOI?  

In my case the scenario seems a little different because a traditional mortgage is an unlikely scenario for the buyer....we're talking about a purchase price under $10K!

My question is - should I wait about 3 - 4 weeks until spring has started and the market heats up or put it on in the middle of Feb which is traditionally pretty slow in this area?

If you do a short sale, you won't qualify for traditional financing for 2-4 years.

Greetings,I am new to BiggerPockets, and REI as a whole, but have read that traditional financing is hard to come by when dealing with a fixer-upper.

All are located in a 5 star SoCal location.He has had trouble finding a traditional HELOC that will lend over $1,000,000, in part due to max loan balance restrictions, and part due to retirement DTI.

I understand they are at a higher interest but it would be for 6 month til I can refi with a traditional loan. this house would be in St.Louis so if anyone knows anyone in the area that does this also would be appreciated. just needing this first start so i can start my portfolio, thanks shawn

Find a Realtor that also manages property and/or owns local investment properties.Many of our local boutique real estate brokerages start as just that, and eventually move into managing their real estate empires and drop the traditional real estate agent portion of their business.