I look forward to being able to return the favor as I gain more experience!

Policy is difficult to make one size fits all but I agree that it seems to favor the professional tenant.

They are a wealthy foreign national and have only done simple cash deals for rentals with minor/no rehab, leaving it at that as they aren't able to get favorable rates from U.S. lenders.I'm wondering if there is a scenario where a lender would refi (ideally with a conventional product) using my credit, while also allowing this foreign investor to retain some equity?

She did us a huge favor and took a second mortgage on her rental property in Phoenix that she owned free and clear and let us use the money and we just make the payments to the bank.

My gut feeling is this will ultimately sell for something much more than $500k with contract language that makes it more favorable to the Seller.

If I purchased a SFH and added a roommate at the median rent, the numbers should largely be in my favor just for the sacrifice of adding a housemate.

We're itching to pull out cash to deploy in a second acquisition, but the reviews on joint loans don't seem particularly favorable.

If a very low interest rate and favorable amortization period is assumed in the provider's calculations, ask which lending institution offers the favorable terms and contact them to prequalify. 

Electric baseboard is very expensive to run so I would not favor that.

What I meant to say is that it's unethical for a realtor to give first dibs to their investor on a property that hasn't hit the MLS and then go on to purposefully avoid telling the seller that they can likely get the same favorable terms from other investors if it hit the market.