What does refinancing look like when I go to the bank and try to get a traditional 30 year mortgage?

Property #4 Traditional financing with the Power of networking – As soon as we freed up some cash, we put the word out that we were looking and David came through with a block of four buildings about to go on the market.

If you're in the business long enough, whether a traditional or wholesale you'll eventually run into a situation where a seller may "feel" taken advantage of when arriving at the closing table.  

My team includes experienced contractors and knowledgeable service providers, quality traditional and hard/private money lenders able to finance up to 100% of ARV, 90% of LTV and more, sources for individual and business lines of credit, stated income and blanket loans, even shelf corporations and am knowledgeable with the use of land trusts, land contracts, lease options and similar strategies to acquire property.

Funny thing happened around 2003-- by 2006 i was selling- real estate price appreciation was abnormal- Banks started lending money to anyone including non citizens no doc loans- Lower income people moved in my neighborhood in droves- the local mortgage office had a tinted black front window - i am seeing a new strange visitor-- the newly minted chinese millionaire that has illegally sent his money to the usa--- they are bidding with bags of money and overpaying for the real estate--- this is another disgrace of this country not following its own laws.- Pay particular attention to california and ny 

Was just approved for a traditional loan at 4.2% on a nice foreclosure.

I live in a traditional Chicago 3-flat.

From a traditional banks?

You will need cash to buy and fix, your chances of traditional financing are slim unless you take out a loan from Aus.Have you figured out how many rentals you need to be able to retire by 30? 

As for the VA loan, I will likely just use my wife's this time around or perhaps just go for a traditional loan.