Ultimately it is an appraiser you need to sell, not me or your LO, and as always with sales good products are easier to sell. 

@David Camacho@Mike Nuss and the RareBird team put out a product second to none.

For what it's worth, shipping container projects are very popular nowadays with folks doing pretty impressive looking projects.

They are niche lenders that have products for the RE Investor.1, 3, 6-month seasoning.

What people are advertising as "Temple" seems to be rather loose nowadays, branching generously west, north, and east of Broad.

A quality product that is a good value. 

Talking to a more local lender that can do that would be the best bet though since it is not a standard loan product, I believe. 

Is it the best use of your time to find, order and deliver materials, or would you be more productive letting the pro do what he does, and you spend the time finding your next deal!?  

I send a text I get an answer, I can pick up the phone and call he answers.I don't have any specific questions to ask but communication is key and a broker with a lot of relationships at different banks so they have access to a wide range of products.

The 2% rule is hard to come by nowadays unless you are in the lower end of rents, but you can find some good opportunities in Indy at 1%.