Check out Merchants Bank of Indiana - offer the 1st lien HELOC on primary, second homes and investment property across the country.

May be its the time of the year. so i wanted to check if it makes sense to give her a chance or just keep the unit vacant for i don't know how long and keep making the mortgages

Our syndication agenda revolves around acquiring discounted land, building single-family homes, and selling upon completion. what are the top 5 boxes you check when prospecting auctioned land at a tax deed sale?

2 hours is a pain in the neck but you CAN check up on it when needed. 

I'll check them out.

Check Alabama posts.  2nd lowest property taxes in the nation behind Hawaii.

If however they have verifiable income and work out of a legal brothel outside of Vegas and everything else checks out I’d rent to them.  

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@Kelvin Ng check some of the great things happening in Detroit!

For someone that's not as conservative, or a different view on the cycle, they might have a different opinion than me on all of this.2) Sponsor quality check: (takes about 45 minutes per deal)I believe that a great sponsor can take an average looking deal and make it great, and that in mediocre sponsor can take a fantastic looking deal and make it bad (especially if there is a severe recession).