Lastly, if you're considering a career change or starting your own business, it will be difficult to qualify for a mortgage until you can show stable/consistent income.  

High demand in those locations pushes rents and prices consistently higher year over year, access to commuting and metro reduces vacancy, much more demand for room rentals south of 200. 

I personally run a property management business with a small portfolio of properties consisting of my own and a few other investors' single family homes. 

When he does respond, it is usually to apologize for the missed disbursement or to promise action, but he rarely follows through, forcing me to consistently follow up.In the past year, I have received my owner disbursement payment on time only once.

Excellent location in Mesa.I shopped around and I found a mortgage broker who was able to get me a 6.99% rate who took the loan to UWM (united wholesale mortgage).I negotiated a $15k seller concession I used for a 1-0 buy down so my rate for 1 year will be 5.99% and then revert to 6.99% for 30yrs. and then we used the rest of the concessions for closing costs. in 6 months or 12 months I will revisit to see if mortgage interest rates dropped significantly to justify a refinance to lock in a lower interest rate.part of the approval process for the Fannie Mae 5% mortgage is to make sure that i could afford this property and that i have good credit, my income is consistent and stable and it reflects that on my tax returns, I have sufficient capital reserves for the subject property and my other 10 Multifamily properties (6 months of PITI for the subject and then it's percentage based off of the loan amounts and how many properties you have)I agree, the more that government "helps" they therefore are increasing pricing.

Just make sure you have a consistent policy for expensing items under this threshold, as the IRS looks for that consistency.In your case, if the Polyurea flooring is just making the garage look nicer and not really improving the structure or extending its life, you could argue it’s a repair.

The qualifying attributes are consistently: quick close, no tax return, limited documentation….

I no longer work from a place of scarcity.I set myself up for success and work from a place of abundance.I have built my cash buyer list to close to 5,000 buyers, invested into a coaching program for private lending, and developed multiple exit strategies to be ready for any situation that presents itself.It let's me earn $40k per deal consistently today and occasionally hit some $90k+ homeruns.Embrace your mistakes, learn from them, and adapt.This is the only way to grow.

Are you factoring in soft expenses such as vacancy and cap ex which do not happen on a consistent basis but for which you may be budgeting.

I no longer work from a place of scarcity.I set myself up for success and work from a place of abundance.I have built my cash buyer list to close to 5,000 buyers, invested into a coaching program for private lending, and developed multiple exit strategies to be ready for any situation that presents itself.It let's me earn $40k per deal consistently today and occasionally hit some $90k+ homeruns.Embrace your mistakes, learn from them, and adapt.This is the only way to grow.