We use one bank to hold all of our escrows as required by state statue.

Most loans will require that if it's an investment property that the property is rented with a lease.  

Josh has been a big help to me in my investing career, and he has helped many, many folks I know.

Hi Chrissy, You may run into the 6 months seasoning required with most lenders.

I want to chat with folks to see if they are on the up and up.

I would say go the owner occupant loan route to get into something for 3.5-5% down instead of 20-25% that you'd need with an investor loan, but those require you to live in the property for a year before you could rent it out.Airbnb could be appealing also since you'd already be furnishing the place for yourself, could just leave the furniture there after you'd move out.

They have very specific requirements of how much revenue they want to see on a monthly basis as well as the frequency of the deposits.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

This place was NUTS during COVID as we received so many folks relocating and or investing.

Some things didn't change, such as the requirement that the property be on unplatted land, so that definitely restricts the number of eligible properties.