On a ~$225K–$240K loan, that can mean payments roughly in the $1,350–$1,550 range — sometimes dramatically better than what conventional or short-term financing allows.Why that matters:• It lets buyers qualify based on property performance, not personal W-2s• It gives investors room to fix vacancies before cash flow pressure hits• It creates solutions for sellers whose buyers keep stalling at the financing step• It turns “this doesn’t pencil” into “this actually works”In markets like this, deals don’t die because of price alone.

Comparable sales - Pull sold townhomes in the same area (same bed/bath, similar sqft) from the last 6 months on Redfin or Zillow.

Today you can pull actual rents from similar blocks and call the county assessor to sanity check post sale taxes.

My plan is to house hack a quadplex (most likely in Nashville, TN) to live for free and start building equity.I am here to learn everything I can before I pull the trigger.

Our prospective tenant is having difficulty with TransUnion being able to pull a credit report for us.

I have also had a title agent pull recent solds for me, which included off MLS transfers. 

Second, start learning how to pull sold comps on Redfin or Zillow so you can estimate ARV quickly.

I'm not trying to pull thousands of leads from across America.

Before pulling the line, I’d underwrite backwards and make sure the deal allows you to pay the HELOC down or out within 12–24 months.

They need a solution that actually fits their situation.That’s where the opportunity lives right now.This market doesn’t reward generic offers.