Your rent is slightly high for the demand poolEven if showings are solid, the people coming through might love the place but be priced just above where they can actually qualify.Try running a quick test: drop the price by $50–$75 and see if applications start flowing.

Why don't you use a bit different model where your potential clients can pay perhaps $250 (or a bit more if reasonable but no more than $500) for an hour meeting to talk to a real CPA who has been trained by you and determine whether or not they can save me money on taxes such as capital gains or ordinary income or passive income by forming structures that makes sense for using up various deductions and write-offs to the fullest extent to off-set the various sources of income and let them show me how they can eliminate my taxes down to minimal to zero in that quick session, it is like a preview session to what is possible given my actual data. 

Good news and bad newsGood news: your wife's REPS eligibility covers you, as well.Bad news: you need to meet the material participation test with respect to these two properties.

They want to know you won’t blow the rehab budget, stall out, or panic when something goes sideways.Once I had one project under my belt with clean documentation, lenders stopped questioning my ARVs and started competing for my business.A few lessons from that first deal:• Show up with a real scope of work• Know your comps better than the lender• Bring a contractor who’s licensed, insured, and organized• Present the numbers like a business, not a hopeAfter that, funding becomes a systems game instead of a confidence test.

I have some data about the market I am happy to share with you as well.

Week of November 10, 2025The government’s back open, economic data is catching up, and housing is starting to show life again!

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They both seem to be legit companies but again all of my data comes straight from their websites, so of course they want to make themselves look the best possible, who wouldn't...  

Ask lenders about fix-and-flip, bridge options, and draw schedules, and stress-test every deal with conservative ARVs, full holding costs, and multiple exit plans.

Bring one live deal with T‑12, rent roll, and your underwriting and I’ll help you pressure test it.