Why wouldn't you look closer to home so you can get familiar with an area more easily accessible to you?

They can normally facilitate a remote closer OR they can overnight package and you can notarize them / overnight back to them.Occasionally lenders may be concerned about tampering the documents when overnight or printed out/notarized; that might be a reason with this specific lender.

@John MoorhouseWhen I was younger I would go to houses and ask if they needed grass cut, get a few "yes" and walk my push mower to their house and cut the grass.

Asking price for the Mixed Building is around $700k.Any chance I could get lucky and find a small bank to lend me the money on terms closer to the residential mortgage given my willingness to provide them with a large down-payment?

That said, your cap rate is closer to 9.6%, if the income is a true NOI, which is great if those are NNN leases and you aren't going to have significant roll over anytime soon.

The HUD Consultant had someone they previously worked with but the project was not worth it for them to go the distance.With the feeling that the HUD Consultant is not looking out for my best interest, I’m looking for a new one that might be closer and have some trustworthy contractors to work with.Hoping to find out some new information this week on the next steps forward as I keep making calls.

My strategy with number two cards is to follow up within two weeks of the event if possible, but I don’t stress over it if it takes closer to a month.

As i get closer to 2 years, i want to be ready to buy another property when my income is lend-able. 

I would plan closer to 12K to 15K. 

I've never bought closer than 1300 miles from where I live.