I'm born and raised here in Colorado. 

Whereas finding a mortgage lender is much easier and you can get the interest rate locked as well as all the funds up front?

I'm hopeful one of you can assist.Of course I won't be raising the rent on the tenant.

Emergency fund (4 months or so)2).

I was just wondering whether most investors find the deals first, get it under contract, and then find funding, or if they find funding first and then find the deal to get under contract.So far I've had a few other potential JV deals approach me and it seems like most people are getting deals under contract first and then reaching out for funding, but I'm wondering what happens if the investor has a deal under contract but fails to find sufficient funding for the project.

They are paying below market value for their units based on local comps and the fact that their rent hasn't been raised in years.

I applied for a building permit with a zoning variance for raising the roof line and extending the rear wall.

I raised the question about pulling title, closing costs, points, etc and he said "The costs would be minimal on a small cash out like this, I'll work both out and show you." 

Here are the numbers:Original Loan Amount: $ 42,700.00Loan Origination Date: 12/09/2013First Payment Due Date: 01/01/2014Last Payment Date: 9/27/2018Current Loan Balance: $ 41,802.77Current Interest Rate: 9.900%Current P&I Payment:$ 371.57Current Escrow Payment:$ 30.43Maturity Date:12/01/2043Term Remaining: 302Loan Type :CFDFMV: $87,500The WorkoutWe picked up this asset for $18,500 ( 44% of UPB)Expense Cost: $2000 (Includes, servicing, initial due diligence, forced place insurance, back taxes and misc)Contingency Fund $2,500All in Cost= $23,0008 Months of Payments = $2968Reinstatemet fee from borrower = $2000Total Income received $4968We sold this property after 1 year as a re-performer for $35,500 (Approximately 85% of UPB)$35,500 + $4968 = $40,468 Total ROI = 76%We're excited with how this one turned out and can't wait to see what we will do with our next one!

If so that raises a bunch of other questions.